Mike Pence Mocked For Saying GOP Has No Room For Putin Apologists

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence responded to news of the death of prominent Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny  on Friday with a message  to his fellow Republicans : There is no room in the Republican Party for apologists for Putin.

Sounds tough, right?

Maybe, but Pences social media salvo was brutally mocked because he ignored a simple basic truth about the GOP: Its currently a warm petri dish giving precious life to American fans of the Russian president.

In fact, prominent right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson and even Pences onetime boss, former U.S. President Donald Trump , recently made headlines for their favorable treatment of Russia and its leader.

This month, Carlson conducted a softball interview with Putin in Moscow, and was later ridiculed for the way he fanboyed out over the city .

For his part, Trump said at a Saturday rally that he would encourage Russia to do whatever the hell they want to delinquent NATO members, after making numerous positive statement about Putin over the years.

Pence previously decried  those danged Putin apologists in 2022  but since he didnt directly call out his former boss, it was about as effective as you can imagine.

So its no surprise that Pences message on Friday was mercilessly ridiculed on social media.