The mentality of the GOP and its electorate has changed since the old days to which Pence is referring. image:
I thought it used to be Dan Quayle, but it probably really was Mike Pence before he quit using Just for Conservative Men on his hair.
Oh, all those SOS calls and flares they shot up were just leftist smoke trying to stir up apathy. "If it wasn't a hoax they'd be sending CQD and red flares..."
The GOP is even worse than what the cartoon suggests, which left out the part that happened earlier: GOP Captain: "No one is going to tell me that there's an ice berg in our path and to avoid it."
Too bad South Carolina couldn't seem to get anyone out to vote. If 25% of the eligible minority voters simply voted against Graham, he'd have been toast, so you got what you got, folks.
If Hitler, Manson, or bin Laden somehow became president, Graham would say they really nice people once you get to know them and the GOP can't move forward without them.
Lindsey Graham in 1999 explaining why he thought Clinton's affair was a high crime. Graham had very loose standards to impose on Democrats but not Trump and the GOP. Youtube:
The televised Jan. 6 hearings are apparently taking a toll on Trump. His RCP favorable rating has dropped 5 points. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/trump_favorableunfavorable-5493.html image: