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MISSION CLUSTER *F*: President Trump’s mission to lure a motley crew of disenfranchised voters to Washington seems to be a not very well-thought through plan that turned quickly into a cluster *f* mission on Wednesday. The storming of the Capitol building wasn’t exactly mission accomplished either, as Congress, led by Vice President Mike Pence, validated the results of the presidential election, despite pressure from the protesters and President Trump to reject it (something Pence couldn’t have done if he wanted to, by the way). Apparently, Pence was the one who ended up ordering in the National Guard to restore order to the Capitol building after protestors dressed like moose and other large-horned animals, stormed the building to disrupt the certification process. Trump may have been too busy to order in the Guard because he was getting himself locked out of Twitter for spreading untruths about the election results and comments that were enticing protesters. After all of this, we can’t help but wonder what the conversation with the Vice President was like at the White House water cooler this morning, and how that relationship will play out in the coming days.
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