The audacity of "Trumpism" - Lesson on how to be skeptic of random anonymous sources on the internet.

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On January 6th of this year, while the insurrection raged and armed thugs roamed the Capitol, Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated by the secret service to an office on the second floor. (There is video of this. His office on the first floor was likely deemed insecure because it was on the other side of the Capitol complex, and the first floor had been completely over-run, so to the 2nd floor they went.) There were ~20 people in that office including Pence, Pence's family members, and a bunch of Secret Service agents.

According to all available reporting (Washington Post, etc), and according to testimony on the floor of the House during the 2nd impeachment, (and supported by video) the Secret Service was concerned that they couldn't secure that 2nd floor office because it had a breachable window... so they persuaded the VP to allow them to evacuate him to a more secure underground room, one without windows. There is video of this evacuation by the Secret Service.

There is currently glurge going around wherein an anonymous twitter account (claiming to be a high-ranking government official) quotes an anonymous source saying that in reality, Mike Pence was locked out of his office and with nowhere to go, was forced to spend the day huddled on a loading dock somewhere hiding from thugs.

Given the amount of video that would have to be faked, and given the amount of testimony on the House floor (during the impeachment trial) that would have had to been in contempt.... I would suggest that skepticism is warranted about an anonymous source quoting an anonymous source providing a narrative that is directly contradicted by all available evidence.

In general... guys, have some healthy skepticism about anonymous sources on the internet. Don't be Republicans

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