President Donald Trump’s latest sycophantic cabinet meeting is receiving widespread ridicule online.
After House Republicans passed the final version of the GOP tax bill on Wednesday, Trump asked Vice President Mike Pence “to say a few words.” Pence didn’t hold back in lavishing praise on POTUS, applauding him for unleashing American energy and spurring a record-setting optimism.
Many Twitter users mocked Pence’s “ass kissing” while others said it left them “ashamed” and “disgusted”:
"You are the single greatest human in this galaxy -- nay in any galaxy." -- Mike Pence on Trump, basically
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 20, 2017
Mike Pence gives ass-kissers a bad name.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 20, 2017
There are ass kissers,
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) December 20, 2017
there are sycophantic ass kissers,
there are shameless ass kissers,
there are embarrassing ass kissers
...and then there's @mike_pence pic.twitter.com/V1AVQEA0GO
This was the highly unusual Seinfeld-Steinbrenner angle for Pence's paean to Trump's greatness. pic.twitter.com/XWqwqN90iZ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 20, 2017
Find someone who talks to you the way the back of Pence's head talks to Dump but without the lies. https://t.co/W9tLzqZ98o
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) December 20, 2017
Mike Pence kisses Trump's ass over the tax cut bill pic.twitter.com/2mWZ6Hfnd0
— Victor Bergermeister Meisterberger IV (@VicBergerIV) December 20, 2017
Me watching Pence kissing Cheeto's ass during this cabinet meeting. pic.twitter.com/qz5cokro6Q
— Stacy McDonald (@leo_girl) December 20, 2017
Oh good grief. Here we go again. Yet another , “go around the Cabinet table kissing Trump’s butt” session to end the year. Make America Gag Again.
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) December 20, 2017
How much dignity does Mike Pence’s head have? pic.twitter.com/y4jB5MydB7
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 20, 2017
Mike Pence just left me ill and ashamed after his public ass kissing. Disgusting.
— Richard L. (@rleach2000) December 20, 2017
Is Pence best described as a sycophant, a toady or a lickspittle?
— Daryl Waszak (@darylwaszak) December 20, 2017
Omg that was disgusting. Pence is literally crawling up Trump's ass.
— deannie meloche (@deannie7112011) December 20, 2017
Do you think Pence's lips are chapped? https://t.co/hNAATzQ6Pw
— Michael Roach (@paintgod) December 20, 2017
Waylon Smithers would be embarrassed at the level of groveling involved here.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 20, 2017
Pence is deeply humbled, we're deeply humiliated.
— Evidence-Based Vorlon (@RobertVorlon1) December 20, 2017
Seriously @mike_pence how do you do this? I feel like I need a shower after that.
— mck_tl (@mck_tl) December 20, 2017
Mike Pence = lap dog. 🐶
— Karieeeee❄️ (@kariesberries) December 20, 2017
Mike Pence = Larry Miller in "Pretty Woman"
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 20, 2017
Pence is kissing ass masterfully right now! It’s disgusting and awkward to listen to! My god man have some self respect!!!
— Clarityispriceless (@tatrbell) December 20, 2017
Shades of Reince from VP Pence as he praises Trump at today's Cabinet meeting: “Congratulations and thank you. Thank you for seeing through the course of this year an agenda that truly is restoring this country."
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 20, 2017
This Mike Pence "prayer" of thanks to Trump is excruciatingly, stomach-churningly uncomfortable to watch. The ritual submission and exaltation is nearly pornographic. This is not America. pic.twitter.com/FN6y2X2K73
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) December 20, 2017
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