Mike Pence has managed to make an innuendo clanger during a discussion with the Christian conservative advocacy group, Alliance Defending Freedom.
At an event hosted by the group of Tuesday, the vice president was asked how he deals with the deluge of criticism that he receives both from the media and online.
Pence responded by saying that he spends time praying but rather than outright saying that he used this metaphor instead:
No. 1 is spend more time on your knees than on the internet.
Pence, who is renowned for having homophobic views and has supported anti-LGBT policies perhaps didn't take into full consideration what he was saying and his statement made it seem like he might have been doing something else while resting on his knees.
Perhaps in a true piece of irony, his response to the question about online criticism has now become a viral meme and people cannot stop making jokes.
Hello Twitter. Do what you're meant to do. https://t.co/v4WsCmTkKQ— Rick Wilson (@Rick Wilson) 1565130153
Donald Trump constantly sends thinly veiled white supremacist messages to his base. Meanwhile Mike Pence: https://t.co/MS2RTyyyTx— Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom (@Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom) 1565152438
Why is Mike Pence telling me to log off and go give some bjs https://t.co/XSDkfHBUcd— The Volatile Mermaid (@The Volatile Mermaid) 1565155374
Oh come on this is not fair. How am I not supposed to tweet about this? Mike Pence is trying to get me kicked off T… https://t.co/amOowoNCQZ— Matt Calcara NOT AN ELECTION OFFICIAL (@Matt Calcara NOT AN ELECTION OFFICIAL) 1565149076
Vice President Mike Pence has a new corporate sponsor. https://t.co/QFcPgUa29W— Charlie Hides TV (@Charlie Hides TV) 1565173216
@WashTimes Uh, Mr. Pence, isn't what you do on your knees something you also have called un-Christian in the past?— Janice Hough (@Janice Hough) 1565120922
If you insist https://t.co/ggrAxf1vfQ— Declan Cashin (@Declan Cashin) 1565124726
sounds like mike pence and I had the same new year's resolution https://t.co/WuiXceJfjA— chansey reagan (@chansey reagan) 1565149248
Others pointed out that he had made an inadvertent endorsement of Colin Kaepernick and other athletes who had 'taken the knee' during the American national anthem in protest to racism and police brutality, a matter Trump didn't take kindly to.
.@VP Spend more time on my knees than on the internet, but DON’T kneel during the anthem? This is a fucking flowchart.— John Levenstein (@John Levenstein) 1565133543
Remember when Mike Pence went on the internet to express his displeasure with a gentleman who was down on his knees? https://t.co/9lvFQNwuMr— Will McAvoy (@Will McAvoy) 1565123618
To give Pence the benefit of the doubt he is obviously quite an innocent soul and doesn't have a clue when he is making a sexual innuendo.
Outstanding afternoon. "I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.… https://t.co/LwkFHvYRVE— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@Vice President Mike Pence Archived) 1494633745
HT The Poke