The snark got here quick on Wednesday after former Vice President Mike Pence made a promise about what he’d do “when” he’s within the Oval Workplace.
The 2024 Republican candidate — who’s presently fourth in polling, nearly 50 share factors behind front-runner Donald Trump — tweeted that he’d “solely take into account Professional-Life People to guide” the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, or the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
Pence, an evangelical Christian, clarified that “pro-abortion Democrats” like Democratic long-shot candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “wouldn’t even make the checklist.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s polling second within the GOP race, earlier instructed he may choose Kennedy, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, to guide the CDC or FDA if he wins the 2024 election.
Pence’s submit was slammed from all sides, with some critics calling out his anti-abortion stance and others railing towards his promotion of the coronavirus vaccines in the course of the Trump administration.
Many, although, responded with this message about his shot at changing into president:
