# I'm concerned for Mike Pence's safety after leaving office

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-concerned-for-mike-pences-safety-after-leaving-office/930909 "2021-01-19T19:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-concerned-for-mike-pences-safety-after-leaving-office/930909/101 "2021-02-03T20:46:03Z")

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Maybe they can save a few bucks on Secret Service protection by leaking that anybody threatening Pence will be incinerated by a Jewish Space Laser.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-concerned-for-mike-pences-safety-after-leaving-office/930909/102 "2021-02-03T20:49:19Z")

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Just show them this and they’ll be terrified.

[![](https://i.imgur.com/CRSKEI8.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/CRSKEI8.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-concerned-for-mike-pences-safety-after-leaving-office/930909/103 "2021-02-03T21:09:21Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Yeah, I agree. It’s important to realize that we’re not looking at a grassroots army of the downtrodden. Many of these folks are petty-bourgeois who actually have property and jobs, something to lose. Now that they understand that they’re an unpopular minority, and Trump has left them twisting in the wind, most of them will quietly get new hobbies.

My concern here is that I’m not at all sure that most of these lunatics understand that they are actually a minority. I base that on some local Trumpists who still seem bewildered. They just can not comprehend that they aren’t the majority and aren’t in charge.

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-concerned-for-mike-pences-safety-after-leaving-office/930909/104 "2021-02-03T22:45:37Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> My concern here is that I’m not at all sure that most of these lunatics understand that they are actually a minority. I base that on some local Trumpists who still seem bewildered. They just can not comprehend that they aren’t the majority and aren’t in charge.

They may feel like they _should_ be in charge. But after they’ve experienced a few months not being in charge of jack shit, they’ll know the score.

My broader point is that, rhetoric aside, most of these fire-breathers were just riding a bandwagon whose wheels have fallen off. Once it’s clear that Daddy Trump stepped out to pick up some cigs and isn’t ever coming back, they’ll find a new hobby until the next snake-oil tent revival blows into town.

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