Trump and Pence are two sides of the same coin. Trump is great. Pence is great. Together they are fucking devastating.

Trump loudly and violently rips someone a new asshole, then gets another sassy question and says "You know what? I'm gonna let Mike take this one" and everybody in the room breathes a sigh of relief.

Then Pence steps in and calmly, quietly, and precisely rips them even further to shreds.

Without that feeling of relief the unexpected evisceration wouldn't be nearly as painful. I was a little cool on Pence 2024 before, but seeing him in these briefings has really made me warm to him. He was always a smart guy, but he's seen what Trump is doing and that you don't actually have to be nice to the press and he has adapted to it possibly better than anyone. I know we all love Rand and Ted fighting back, but they have mimicked Trump's style. Pence is still perfectly comfortable in his own skin, he's just no longer bound. He is sharp a s a tack and no longer restrained in the use of his rapier wit.

I think I could support him in 2024, especially if he picked a young firebrand as his VP to use as his muscle when the time is right. But yeah, lots of new respect for Pence during this whole shitfest.

A wise man fears three things: The sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. -Patrick Rothfuss