HYPOCRISY
Pence Is OK Using the Bible to Demand GOP Impeach the President for Lying, Sexual Misconduct – in the ’90s
Religious conservatives frequently insist the Bible is the word of God and its message does not change over time. That may be why the Office of Vice President Mike Pence is refusing to respond to a CNN inquiry for a story about columns he wrote demanding Republicans impeach the president for lying and sexual misconduct. Those columns cite the Bible, that president was Bill Clinton, Pence was a conservative radio host, and it was the 1990’s.
CNN reports Pence, in Indiana, at the time was a “prominent conservative voice in the state arguing Clinton had lost his moral authority to lead the country.”
Andrew Kaczynski at CNN reports Pence insisted presidents must be judged against a higher authority.
“Dismissing the idea that the president is ‘just the like the rest of us,’ Pence wrote, ‘If you and I fall into bad moral habits, we can harm our families, our employers and our friends. The President of the United States can incinerate the planet. Seriously, the very idea that we ought to have at or less than the same moral demands placed on the Chief Executive that we place on our next door neighbor is ludicrous and dangerous.'”
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