Charlie Pierce Esquire
Charlie Pierce Esquire

It is said that, immediately before the ax fell, Sir Thomas More told the headsman not “to fear your office, you send me to God.” I always thought that was just a tad too generous, but hey, different strokes for different martyrs. Anyway, up in New Hampshire on Thursday, former Vice President Mike Pence took the opportunity to tell the mob that attacked the Capitol chanting that he should be hung that it was very impolite to have done so, and that he and his former boss disagree on whether the crowd should have been chanting for Mike Pence to be hung, but hey, what about that tax cut, huh?

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