{"id":1995268,"date":"2023-08-09T11:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-mistake-spotted-in-mike-pences-latest-campaign-ad-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:46:08","slug":"big-mistake-spotted-in-mike-pences-latest-campaign-ad-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-mistake-spotted-in-mike-pences-latest-campaign-ad-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Major error found in Mike Pence&#8217;s recent campaign ad: &#8216;Who approved this?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-mistake-spotted-in-mike-pences-latest-campaign-ad-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Big Mistake Spotted in Mike Pence&#8217;s Latest Campaign Ad: &#8216;Who \u2063Thought\u2062 This Was a Good Idea?&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Look, \u200bI don\u2019t want to say that former Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s campaign has been one pathetic mistake after another \u2014 but what exactly\u2062 has gone\u2062 <em>right<\/em> \u2064for the \u2063man?<\/p>\n<p>His poll numbers, such as they are, are\u200d deflating, and\u2063 he now\u2064 finds himself in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-and-le-pen-both-improve-vote-shares-in-first-round-presidential-decider-in-two-weeks\/\" title=\"Macron and Le Pen Both Improve Vote Shares in First Round, Presidential Decider in Two Weeks\">distant fourth place<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> polling\u200d aggregate, behind former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and \u2063businessman and conservative\u200d activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-comes-swinging-powerful-defense-trump-jan-6-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek \u200cRamaswamy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He began \u200dhis campaign\u200b fittingly, with \u2064an introductory speech \u2064by a mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-mistake-spotted-in-mike-pences-latest-campaign-ad-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea\/\" title=\"Major error found in Mike Pence's recent campaign ad: 'Who approved this?'\">anonymous low-level political ally<\/a> who apologized \u200dfor the fact Pence\u200b seems to often be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mayonnaise-toast-mike-pence-campaign-kickoff-starts-weird-comparison-ex-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mayonnaise on toast<\/a>\u201c-level\u2062 bland. \u200cPence, for the \u200bmost part, hasn\u2019t exactly done much to disabuse voters of\u200d the notion, and when he has, it hasn\u2019t been good. (Arguably, his epitaph will probably be the four \u2064words he told Tucker Carlson as he began to \u200canswer a question about endless spending on Ukraine while American\u2063 cities wither \u2064and rot: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drop-pence-fire-4-words-said-tucker-become-center-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That\u2019s not my \u2064concern<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>And \u2063now, Pence released an advertisement about energy prices in which he \u200blooks to be daft enough that he doesn\u2019t even\u2063 know \u2064how to pump gas.<\/p>\n<p>The ad itself is pretty pro forma: \u201cMike Pence here. Remember $2-a-gallon gas?\u201d Pence said at the beginning of the advertisement, inserting\u2062 the nozzle into \u200cthe\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-goes-viral-putting-mortgage-payment-rv-gas-tank-thanks-crippling-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gas tank<\/a> \u2063of his truck. \u201cI do. And then Joe\u2064 Biden became president \u2063of the United States and\u2062 launched his \u2062war on energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince\u200b that\u2062 time, gasoline prices are up 60 percent, electricity prices are up \u206225 percent,\u201d Pence\u2062 continued. \u201cJoe Biden\u2019s war on energy is \u200bcausing real hardship \u200bfor working families, small \u200cbusinesses\u2063 and\u200c family farms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019ve\u200d got a plan\u2064 to relieve all that,\u201d \u2064he said. \u2064\u201cWe just unveiled a Pence energy plan that will \u200bnot\u2064 only put our \u200dcountry back on a path to \u2064energy independence, but by 2040, we will reclaim\u200d America\u2019s role as the leading \u2064producer of energy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed what I\u2064 didn\u2019t say about the action in\u200b the video: namely, when Pence actually starts\u200c pumping the gas. That\u2019s because he <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em>. He just stands there as the \u2062machine continues beeping, \u2062prompting him to select a fuel \u200dgrade.\u2063 He \u2064doesn\u2019t even pretend to squeeze \u200cthe \u200cnozzle for effect:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Check out our Pence Plan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1PvB3411Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/v1PvB3411Q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ltVuvCK3El\">pic.twitter.com\/ltVuvCK3El<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Pence\/status\/1689014062305128448?\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Pence energy \u2064plan, in which you pay nothing\u2064 to fill up\u2064 your truck\u2062 because \u2062you\u2063 couldn\u2019t \u200cfigure out\u200c how to fill up your truck.<\/p>\n<p>The mistake \u200bdidn\u2019t go unnoticed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>; as one commenter noted, \u201cWho thought this \u200cwas a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nothing-about-this-election-seems-to-add-up-the-liberty-loft\/\" title=\"Nothing about this election seems to add up | The Liberty Loft\">good idea<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pence \u200dhas \u200cno clue how to pump gas.\u2063 Who thought this was a good idea?  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/skgxSsSFTb\">pic.twitter.com\/skgxSsSFTb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1689041932763217920?\">August 8,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The beeping says \u201cput the gas nozzle down\u201d\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paulo (@CyanSight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyanSight\/status\/1689047873655062528?\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I wish I was a politician \u200cso I could just hop \u2064out of my car and pump \u200bgas without paying or picking the fuel <\/p>\n<p>\u2014  \u2062Noah (@NWXX26) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWXX26\/status\/1689043794153402369?\">August \u20648, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, this seemed to be a common reaction, with \u200dmany wondering \u2063if Pence\u2019s \u2064cluelessness had to\u2063 do with the fact\u200c he\u2019s spent four years as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> and the better part of three as a \u200cformer veep:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Has Pence pumped gas for himself in the past 10 years?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Trumpster (@ChiefTrumpster) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiefTrumpster\/status\/1689043095747194880?\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To be fair, people who pump their own gas aren\u2019t\u200d Mike Pence\u2019s concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JoMa\u200d (@joma_gc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joma_gc\/status\/1689042613343576070?\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is hardly\u2063 an excuse, though. As someone who originally hails from New Jersey \u2014\u2064 the last \u200dstate in \u200bthe union which absolutely refuses \u2063to even <em>let you<\/em> pump your own fuel, thanks \u2064to appallingly stupid state laws meant, \u2062in large part, to create gas-station jobs the\u200d good\u200b ol\u2019 \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/buttonwoods-notebook\/2010\/07\/19\/keynes-at-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keynesian\u2063 ditch-digging<\/a> way \u2014 I can tell you that having spent your formative years not filling \u2062up your own car isn\u2019t an impediment to figuring out\u2063 the intricacies of \u200ca gas nozzle. You have to be terminally out of touch to get to the point where the process \u200cisn\u2019t \u2063totally\u2063 intuitive to any \u2062functioning adult.<\/p>\n<p>If Pence is utterly unfamiliar with \u2064how this \u200call worked,\u200d I\u2019d like\u200b to think \u200dthere was some one on his staff \u2062who would go in, show Mr. Mayonnaise-on-Toast how to pumpy-wumpy the gassy-wassy, then tell him to do \u200danother take.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, such is the ineptitude of the \u200cPence campaign that not \u200conly \u2063did the figurehead\u200b behind it not realize\u200c that the loud \u200bbeeping from the gas \u200dpump indicated\u200b that he needed \u2064to, \u200cI dunno, \u200d <em>do something<\/em>, nobody who touched this footage \u2014\u200b the cameraman, the video editor, the social\u2063 media curator \u2014 realized something was wrong, \u2062either. That\u2019s\u2064 Ed Wood-level filmic\u200b ineptitude.<\/p>\n<h3>Would you vote for Mike Pence for president?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Would you vote for Mike \u2064Pence for\u200b president?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news\u200b updates free of \u2062charge. You \u200dmay\u200d opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of\u2062 Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% \u2062(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100% (12 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You \u2062can get away with this stuff if you\u2019re a front-runner; President\u200c Joe Biden \u200dmight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wandering-joe-biden-forgets-vermont-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forget what state he\u2019s in<\/a> (again) and then lie\u200c about getting arrested in \u200bapartheid South\u2064 Africa\u200c while trying to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-admits-wasnt-actually-arrested-way-meet-nelson-mandela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nelson Mandela<\/a> (also again), and nobody\u2019s going to throw him\u200c overboard.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not Pence, who\u2064 can\u2019t afford to make a misstep at this point\u2063 in\u2064 the presidential sweepstakes. While the entire Republican field\u2064 trails former President Donald Trump\u2063 in\u2064 the polls by a\u200d substantial margin, Pence\u2019s \u20635 percent compared to Trump\u2019s 54 percent means he\u2019s almost 50 points behind the front-runner. Not only\u2062 that, but Ramaswamy has\u2064 convincingly leapt over \u2062the former vice president\u2064 to secure third place \u2014 and unlike Pence, he seems to be moving on up.<\/p>\n<p>I have a great deal\u2063 of respect\u200d for Mr. Pence as a\u2064 politician \u2014 enough\u2062 respect to tell\u200c him that this is no way for him\u200c to go out. The former veep\u200b seems lost, shorn of purpose, and painfully out of sync with \u2062the moment. When a candidate \u200cseemingly can\u2019t figure out how to work a \u2064gas pump, it\u2019s \u200ctime for them \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mike-pence-met-parking-lot-full-hecklers-sell-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seriously re-evaluate their chances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-mistake-spotted-mike-pences-latest-campaign-ad-thought-good-idea\/\">Big Mistake Spotted in\u2064 Mike Pence&#8217;s Latest Campaign\u2063 Ad: &#8216;Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VP Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Senator Elizabeth Warren. Pence&#8217;s campaign has been plagued by missteps, resulting in a continuous decline in his popularity. 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