
1-19-2025
Deception Leads to Division
Pardon me if I keep harping on J6 and the grip it has had on the American public. I seem to remember that during President Trump’s entire first term then Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her democratic colleagues applied more than a little pressure on trying to form a wedge between President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. There were multiple times when reports surfaced about getting Vice President Pence to say that President Trump was unfit to serve as president and use the power of the 25th Amendment to oust Donald Trump from office. I had great respect when Mike Pence ignored the pressure put upon him as a Christian mentoring Donald Trump in his new found Christian walk.
It was truly an iron sharpens iron moment.
Under the grueling non-stop pressure of personal and political attacks on the Trump presidency it all came to a head on J6 as domestic terrorists infused themselves into the MAGA supporters and proceeded to attack Capitol Police officers and destroy property inside the Capital Building.
In the heat of the moment and with the information being fed to the lawmakers inside, it was told that the insurrectionists were Trump’s angry MAGA supporters. In fact everyone was told that President Trump incited these insurrectionists to stop the peaceful and Constitutional transfer of power.
Let me insert food for thought here. How many demonstrations and/or angry riots were held by MAGA supporters over the previous four years? How many riots by MAGA ever? The answer to both questions is ZERO!
On J6 how many angry MAGA folks walked for 45 minutes to the Nation’s Capital to burst uninvited into the Capital? ZERO!
As President Pro-temp of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence had to decide how to pause the Electoral College ballot confirmation hearing, insure everyone was moved to a place of relative safety, while insisting on remaining in a safe place inside the Capital Building.
In hindsight God had a plan and VP Mike Pence was where he was supposed to be at that point in time. In order for God’s plan to bring to light the atrocities and political corruption this interruption was no accident.
So what happened to drive a wedge between two politicians who were also brothers in Christ? It has been reported that President Trump called Vice President Pence a coward for the manner in which he handled the certification on J6. If true that would present a real dilemma for Mike Pence. Should/did he confront Donald Trump to clear the air between them? I don’t know either.
After leaving office it has become obvious that something had crept into the Trump-Pence relationship and it was most noticeable during the state funeral of President Jimmy Carter where the icy silence between Mike Pence, his wife (both Christians) and Donald Trump could be clearly seen.
I don’t know, but in the book of Matthew 5:23-24 Jesus addressed this very thing:
Matthew 5:23-24 KJV
23 “Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”
In John 13:34-35, didn’t Jesus say,
34 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
35 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
What I’ve learned recently is something not widely reported, that Donald Trump said the Make Pence did not have the moral courage to do the right thing on J6 which is entirely different than calling Mike Pence a coward. It appears that this is a difference of opinion that should be easily mendable. Feelings get hurt so easily and as Christians we are to go by faith, not feelings.
Those reports that say Donald Trump didn’t choose to run with Mike Pence in 2024 seem to leave out more than what meets the eye. Maybe Mike Pence decided he didn’t want to be on Trump’s ticket? It should be no surprise that Presidential Trump was free to choose a different running mate which is no big deal unless you’re an unscrupulous politician trying to sew division or discourse. – RTM