Mike Pence Quickly Distances Himself From The Trump Family

By Asad Tipu
July 12, 2017
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It seems like every other week there’s a brand new Trump story

Whether it’s the President himself, or his children (Usually Ivanka or Trump Jr.), they just can’t seem to get out of the limelight. Though, to be fair, that’s not always their fault. Sometimes the media overreaches, and ends up hitting itself in the face. I’m referring to when CNN tried to dox someone for a meme.

And because CNN tried to stifle free speech on the internet, everyone retaliated with a crapstorm of memes. And when Donald Trump Jr. chimed in with a dank, alt-right-esque meme, people lost it. Anyway, despite all of that, there seems to be another development.

Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer under the pretense of getting information about Hillary Clinton back in 2016, but eventually ended up talking about adoption procedures. It rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and Mike Pence, the Vice President, has made a statement since then through his press secretary.

Statement from @VPPressSec on Donald Trump Jr meeting and @VP's knowledge pic.twitter.com/iYiyoWfHRx

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) July 11, 2017

And there were two kinds of responses: intelligent political discourse

I worked for two VPs — one in a WH facing impeachment. I've never seen any @VP statement that so distanced himself from the @POTUS. https://t.co/Qal4vRRluC

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) July 11, 2017

And memes

Mike Pence right now pic.twitter.com/ie9uuW3Xc6

— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) July 11, 2017

Lots and lots of memes

pic.twitter.com/vrz1pnrnNr

— Katrina Los Angeles (@KatrinaRulz) July 11, 2017

Kasie Hunt: "Mr. Vice President, can I ask you about Donald Trump, Jr.?"
Mike Pence: pic.twitter.com/S2dWbQn4DE

— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) July 11, 2017