Mike Pence said choosing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a departure from what he framed as the Trump-Pence administration's general opposition to abortion access.

Summary

Mike Pence opposed Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of HHS, citing Kennedy’s support for abortion access as a sharp departure from the Trump-Pence administration’s pro-life stance.

Pence urged Senate Republicans to reject Kennedy’s nomination, claiming Kennedy supports “abortion on demand” and restoring Roe v. Wade.

Both pro-life and abortion rights groups criticized Kennedy’s appointment, with pro-life leaders expressing concerns about his past positions and abortion rights advocates calling him unfit.

  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world
    121·
    7 days ago

    I have a little respect for him because he refused to give in to Trump’s demands to mess with the certification process on January 6th.

    I disagree with him on most everything, but he is a principled person. More than you can say for Trump.

    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
      3·
      7 days ago

      Pence didn’t refuse trump because he’s principled – he explored everything he could think of to go along with trump, even calling Dan Quayle to ask for more options:

      "Over and over, Pence asked if there was anything he could do.

      "‘Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away,’ Quayle told him.

      "Pence pressed again.

      "‘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.’”

      Source: How Dan Quayle saved democracy. Yes, really.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 days ago

      Nah, he was just looking out for himself and liked his odds better with the armed officers than with the angry mob. Fact is if he thought he could get away with imposing his ideal Christian dictatorship on all of us he’d do it in a heartbeat.

      He’s an asshole and an idiot who was stupid enough to work for Donald Trump in the first place, and thinking that moron dirtbags like him have anything valuable to say is only going to dig America into a deeper hole.