Let’s just say Mike Pence was going to be part of a plot to ratfuck the election, using any of the suggestions made by the Eastman/Ellis memos. Let’s say if he had, we’d be looking at a coup. That much is true.
If the plan was set, why did he refuse to play ball and not ceremonially certify the election?
Some say it was the advice of Dan Quayle that ultimately soured him on the idea. Crazy, eh?
For fulfilling his duty, Pence has been hailed as a hero in the by some members of the media. However, that narrative became more complicated this week with the release of the first excerpts from “Peril,” the forthcoming book from reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Pence didn’t come to his heroism naturally. He had to be guided to it by an unlikely source: former Vice President Dan Quayle who reportedly told Pence he had no option but to do his job.
Quayle was adamant, according to the authors. “Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away,” he said.
But Pence pressed him, the authors write, asking if there were any grounds to pause the certification because of ongoing legal challenges. Quayle was unmoved, and Pence ultimately agreed, according to the book.
“You don’t know the position I’m in,” he said, according to the authors.
“I do know the position you’re in,” Quayle responded. “I also know what the law is. You listen to the parliamentarian. That’s all you do. You have no power.”
Holy shit, Dan Quayle. Who the fuck ever thought he’d be an elder statesman with scruples?
The Illogical Seminary 