Former Vice President Mike Pence’s campaign has finally qualified to put him on the first GOP primary debate stage later this month in Milwaukee, Wis., but not much else is going right for his campaign.
While the former Indiana governor and congressman will make the Fox News-moderated event, he is now dealing with new fallout after posting a campaign video that went viral for all the wrong reasons.
The video featured him at a gas station showing him appearing to fill the tank of a pickup truck while he is criticizing President Joe Biden’s energy policies.
“Remember $2 gallon gas? I do,” Pence said into the camera as he worked the pump. “And then Joe Biden became president of the United States and launched his war on energy.”
However, the video, viewed well over a million times as of this writing, faced ridicule from numerous people on social media who claimed the former VP didn’t know how to operate the gas pump as a beeping sound in the background indicated he had failed to select an octane grade of gasoline.
“How can this dipstick fix our energy independence when he can’t even push the button that chooses which octane gas he wants to make the ‘beeping’ sound stop?!” tweeted comedian Rob Schneider.
How can this dipstick fix our energy independence when he can’t even push the button that chooses which octane gas he wants to make the ‘beeping’ sound stop?!#HardPass https://t.co/DVFUKlmtQh
— Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) August 9, 2023
“Has he never pumped his own gas before?” political commentator Steven Crowder added.
“You forgot to select the fuel type, that is why it is beeping in the background. An easy mistake to make if you have lived in a bubble your whole life,” another user noted.
“Mike Pence shows he doesn’t know how to pump gas in his new commercial… He never selects a grade and the pump keeps beeping… It’s about as cringe as you’d imagine,” comedian Tim Young added.
“Mike Pence doesn’t know how to pump gas much less fix America’s energy issues. Pick the octane Mike. The beeping will stop,” conservative commentator Chad Prather instructed.
The End Wokeness accounted tweeted: “Pence has no clue how to pump gas. Who thought this was a good idea?”
