{"id":4783,"date":"2023-08-07T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4783"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:06:46","slug":"watch-mike-pence-met-with-parking-lot-full-of-hecklers-why-did-you-sell-out-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4783","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Mike Pence Met With Parking Lot Full of Hecklers: &#8216;Why Did You Sell Out the People?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence continues to have trouble on the campaign trail for the GOP presidential nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former governor of Indiana was met by a group of hecklers Friday while making a stop in Londonderry, New Hampshire, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/-trump-protesters-gather-pence-town-hall-new-hampshire-rcna98291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one video, a man can be heard asking, \u201cWhy did you sell out the people \u2026 Why didn\u2019t you uphold the Constitution, sir?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The questions caused Pence to state, \u201cI upheld the Constitution,\u201d to which the heckler responded, \u201cNo you did not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRead it,\u201d the former\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mark-levin-shreds-crap-indictment-weasel-pence-epic-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\">vice president<\/a>\u00a0retorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Pence heckled last night:<br><br>&quot;Why did you sell out the people? Why didn&#39;t you uphold the Constitution? You sold us out.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/meyuOz7iPe\">pic.twitter.com\/meyuOz7iPe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1687861507944742914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC reported protesters also yelled at Pence while he exited his vehicle at the event: \u201cThere\u2019s the sellout! There\u2019s the traitor!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heckling came on the heels of the Aug. 1&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-grand-jury-makes-decision-trump-indictment-jan-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third indictment<\/a>&nbsp;of former President Donald Trump \u2014 regarding Trump\u2019s decision to challenge the 2020 election results and the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 45th president is charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the indictment,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-pence-turns-trump-good-sides-biden-regime-trumps-third-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pence<\/a>&nbsp;took to X, previously known as Twitter, to give a statement on the latest charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States,\u201d Pence wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today&#39;s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States.<\/p>&mdash; Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Pence\/status\/1686529371685658625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even without Friday\u2019s heckling, Pence\u2019s campaign has been rocky at best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the polling site\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-primary-r\/2024\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a>, Pence is trailing in the polls with just 4.9 percent as of an Aug. 3 average \u2014 leaving the former vice president in fourth place behind Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pence-gets-terrible-news-clash-tucker-deathblow-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vice president<\/a>&nbsp;has yet to secure the 40,000 individual donations requirement that is necessary to qualify for the first GOP president debate, scheduled for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pence stated Thursday he believes this goal will be met within 10 days, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4134068-pence-predicts-hell-meet-donor-threshold-for-debate-in-next-10-days\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been averaging about 1,000 contributions a day, with stronger frankly over the weekend,\u201d the presidential hopeful said, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article:<a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/watch-mike-pence-met-parking-lot-full-hecklers-sell-people\/\">https:\/\/ijr.com\/watch-mike-pence-met-parking-lot-full-hecklers-sell-people\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence continues to have trouble on the campaign trail for the GOP presidential nomination. The former governor of Indiana was met by a group of hecklers Friday while making a stop in Londonderry, New Hampshire, according to&nbsp;NBC News. In one video, a man can be heard asking, \u201cWhy did you sell out the people \u2026 Why didn\u2019t you uphold the Constitution, sir?\u201d The questions caused Pence to state, \u201cI upheld the Constitution,\u201d to which the heckler [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4784,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions\/4784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}