In the Trump administration, Mike Pence is definitely the Stan Laurel. He plays the clueless straight man to Trump’s blowhard Ollie. Except, of course, that Pence’s version of Stan is a virulently right-wing dunderhead dedicated to erasing rights of women and the LGBT community along with generally making life miserable for everyone else. Still, sometimes Pence just doesn’t coordinate his lines.
The Jan. 20 parade from the Capitol to the White House would be sped up, Pence said, so a newly inaugurated President Donald J. Trump could sit down sooner in the Oval Office and start rescinding his predecessor’s executive actions. The lawmakers cheered, two people in the room said.
Yes, they definitely have to race ahead to Make Day One Great Again, and it has nothing to do with limits on how many times they can march the same military bands who can’t get out of this past the podium. After all, Trump has promised a huge list of actions for day one.
Only more time after the parade just doesn't fit with Trump's schedule.
He told the Times of London: “One of the first orders I’m gonna sign — day one — which I will consider to be Monday as opposed to Friday or Saturday. Right? I mean my day one is gonna be Monday because I don’t want to be signing and get it mixed up with lots of celebration, but one of the first orders we’re gonna be signing is gonna be strong borders.”
So Pence can relax, drink an extra glass of water (the official state beverage of Indiana. Seriously.) and do some binge watching for the weekend. I hear The Man in the High Castle is good.