Let’s go all the way back to October of 2017.
It was then that Vice President Mike Pence and his wife attended an Indianapolis Colts game against the San Francisco 49ers. Upon seeing the players take a knee during the national anthem, Pence and his group left. President Donald Trump later tweeted that he asked Pence to leave “if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country.”
Now, come back to Friday.
In response to the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and the protests that have followed, Pence tweeted, “We will always stand for the right of Americans to peacefully protest and let their voices be heard.”
This was the response:
Like… kneeling at a football game? or no?
— Jen Coleslaw (@jencoleslaw) May 29, 2020
One time at a football game a man quietly took a knee to protest police violence and you threw a premeditated hissy fit and stormed out of the game. It cost American taxpayers more than $300,000, for you to do this. Shut up. https://t.co/l7Q7u8PdvP
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) May 29, 2020
You mean like this peaceful demonstration? Or just the ones by people who look like you? pic.twitter.com/FW6qUxP3db
— Elaine Vincent (@bndforcollege) May 29, 2020
the VP literally used taxpayer $ for political theater, walking out of an NFL protest of **the exact same crisis** he laments here. This Tweet shouldn’t be deleted but it should get a laugh track. https://t.co/E8iVDd3enE
— Jason Gay (@jasongay) May 29, 2020
A reminder: This is the same Mike Pence who left a Colts game in 2017 because the players were kneeling PEACEFULLY during the national anthem, which cost taxpayers $325,000. I seent it. https://t.co/Z4yQxK4UIf
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 29, 2020
Pence literally walked out of a Colts game during a peaceful protest. https://t.co/8jbASKhCQJ
— Alex Raskin (@RaskinDailyMail) May 29, 2020
Mike Pence stormed out of a football game because NFL players were peacefully protesting police brutality in America https://t.co/jDa8NrV4Gh
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) May 29, 2020
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