>>12986821That's not the joke tho. His affectionate nickname was
>electric Pencebecause he advocated for gay conversion therapy.
The joke here is that given that this is the love between one (1) man and one (1) woman it is 100% Pence approved
>so in his belief, the vice president could never be alone in a room with any woman, like a taliban.You may have missed his point and it is practiced by a whole lot more cultures than just "the taliban boogeyman".
A married man, in these "#metoo" times, specially a powerful high profile one, should protect his honor and the honor of his family and NEVER expose himself to a situation where his honor can be put in question.
That includes NEVER being alone with a woman in a situation where his intentions can be mischaracterized, be it
> a hotel room> a one on one restaurant "meeting"> a shared viature (private car, taxi, uber)It used to be common sense to ALWAYS have a chaperone to ensure there are witnesses to your good behaviour and intentions but that's something that may have got lost in the 20th centruty or something.
Ironically the one bloke that make the most fun of Pence about that
>Cuomo, former governor of NYgot literally indicted for molesting women, and the only evidence is their word against his