Pence Is Letting Us All Down

but nowhere near as good a thing as with Obstructin' and Lyin' Don https://t.co/TKPZItINm9

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) January 24, 2023

Given the latest news on the classified documents at Pence's house, we clearly need a more rigorous review and process during Presidential transitions for the outgoing Administration's records, notes, and, most significantly, intelligence-related materials.

— Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) January 24, 2023

A) Wait! What did Pence say? I wanta hear about this about a dozen times! Maybe it was this?

"Our staff reviewed all the materials in our office and in our residence to ensure there were no classified materials that left the White House or remained in our possession" -- Mike Pence, earlier this month pic.twitter.com/iluxX6gQh6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 25, 2023

B) We can’t talk about the system yet! We still have people to blame! (Or maybe 2 Republicans v. 1 Democrat means we have to change the focus to something besides individuals.)

pro tip: keep on the lookout for red folders and sequins https://t.co/6cB9UCu7Ma

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) January 24, 2023

Dear Mr. Parkhomenko: Get off Twitter! Now! For your own sake.

I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of Veep reruns until HBO can figure out what the hell is going on here https://t.co/nvRjHXH46u

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) January 25, 2023

Has she explained why it took so long for us to find this out? Do we know how long it took for us to find this out? Isn’t that her fault?

Pro tip for people who occupy high public office: When you're done, before you turn out the lights and make sure the faucets are closed, maybe check the drawers one last time to make sure you cleared out all the classified material. https://t.co/VxOl16Tjhl

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 24, 2023

This is going to get awkward when it comes out Jimmy Carter has been leaving classified documents in all of the houses he builds for Habitat for Humanity.

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 24, 2023

Shorter, "I, Peter Baker, confess that I am so bad at my job that I give up trying to explain why the Trump case is different from the Biden case, which is literally my job." https://t.co/ETlusuOuNf

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 24, 2023

Still more shorter, "In fact, fuck it. Let's have some fun. Let's make sure this is NOT about the facts, but instead me reporting on me not talking about the facts and also would you like to know about my bellybutton lint? I don't vote so it makes it okay."

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 24, 2023

While we’re talking about government inaction:

MR FREE SPEECH DID WHAT https://t.co/xisZxGJWF9

— Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) January 25, 2023

Has Matt Taibbi seen the Twitter files on this?

I guess they're saying now it's a committee vote, not a floor vote. So they can bottle it up in committee. I get the sense even the HFC folks were okay bottling this up since it's completely insane and a political killer. you want 30% national sales tax on top of state/local?

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 25, 2023

Promises made, promises broken.

In the aftermath of our daily mass shooting there needs to be a designated Republican to make sure the warm gun is treated respectfully.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 25, 2023

Happiness is a warm gun. Bang-bang. Shoot shoot.

We are so numb to this https://t.co/5xhXsj45r6

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) January 25, 2023

And January isn’t over yet.

“The state understands the media’s inquiry and the world’s interest, but we have to be mindful of protecting future defendants’ rights,” the DA said, without disclosing who those future defendants might be

— Tamar Hallerman (@TamarHallerman) January 24, 2023

What is she trying to cover up?

I’m still trying to wrap my head around that Peter Baker story publishing after the Pence revelation and treating it like a footnote, not an upending of the narrative the rest of the piece is trying to sell.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 25, 2023

The whole thrust of all these stories seems to be to intentionally cloud the issues at hand by comparing the likely non-criminal similarities in the cases and underplaying where the two cases wildly diverge.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 25, 2023

Look if you get in a fender bender and exchange insurance information and I hit and run a cop car, these things are so similar they just cancel each other out. That's how it works.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 25, 2023

Good to know.