David Pakman

So Pence is totally wrong.

It's completely self-serving, magical thinking.

And quite frankly, I think it's obvious that Mike Pence's career is over no matter which version of the Republican Party resurfaces when Trump is gone.

Let me ask you a question.

When you see a political headline these days, do you actually react or do you just kind of register it and keep scrolling?

When you see headlines about antiwar, Trump starts another war.

Thousands of ground troops deployed.

Trump doesn't even understand how tariffs work.

Trump falls asleep again.

They gave Trump a bogus prize.

Melania is at the road with a robot at the White House when you see this stuff.

How do you react?

And have you not gotten desensitized to the insanity?

Here's the point I want to make.

Ten years ago, there were sort of trip wires in the political landscape.

If a candidate was caught in a blatant, documented reputation ruining lie.

or they suffered visible confusion and mental lapses during high stakes interviews.

It wasn't an hour of trending news.

It dominated the news cycle and it ended people's careers.

That sort of stuff barely leaves a dent at this point in time.