Before Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) joined Donald Trump's presidential ticket as VP, he was reportedly commiserating with members of the #NeverTrump team. In a tweet Friday — shortly after Trump announced Pence as his running mate — Mitt Romney's former foreign policy adviser Dan Senor puzzled over how one man could hold two radically different stances:
That wasn't the only contradiction Senor highlighted, either:
This all does, however, show Pence and Trump do share a penchant for at least one thing: changing sides.
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