Vice President Mike Pence is being mocked for his demeanor during yesterday’s fraught meeting between President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The meeting between the lawmakers was tension-filled, with everyone zinging each other with one-liners and arguing about who would take credit for a potential government shutdown.
The most contentious points of the meeting seemed to come when the group discussed funding for Trump’s desired wall along the southern border of the country—an issue that could be at the center of a possible government shutdown.
Afterwards, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders described the firey meeting as “constructive dialogue,” which left many people online puzzled.
However, Pence was pretty quiet during the meeting–and people online noticed. Twitter users compared the vice president to an “Elf on the Shelf,” a statue, and other things.
Pence at the U.S. Open. pic.twitter.com/rO68ZCpt1F
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 12, 2018
Warner Bros. announces reboot of "Weekend at Bernie's" starting @mike_pence as Bernie. pic.twitter.com/7kZNBEmwmg
— Steven Berr (@sberr7) December 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/PShuck/status/1072842095063371776
what Mike Pence was trying so hard to wish into being pic.twitter.com/WP284jWFfO
— shauna (@goldengateblond) December 12, 2018
Your Vice President is going into sleep mode. #MikePence pic.twitter.com/GoVtrYLZeh
— Barry Evans (@bazblackadder) December 12, 2018
Look #MikePence really is the Elf on the Shelf! pic.twitter.com/j4FrIt8SsW
— ProgressivesWillTakeThisCountryBack (@ProgressiveFutr) December 12, 2018
Weird time to introduce the new Pence statue to the White House. pic.twitter.com/eXyasvgJEY
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) December 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/SCO_77/status/1072715524788895744
https://twitter.com/CurtisNelson96/status/1072699175513546752
#MikePence is how your phone looks when it's on 2% but you're too lazy to go charge it. pic.twitter.com/QGcvHzRlBF
— Big Boss (@escapedmatrix) December 12, 2018
At least the vice president isn’t drawing the wrath of the internet for comparing himself of Oprah Winfrey again?
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