WTF, Grassley?

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley on Tuesday generated a whirlwind of confusion among reporters and on social media after suggesting that Vice President Mike Pence would not preside over the Electoral College certification on Wednesday.

"We don't expect him to be there," Grassley, 87, initially said of Pence, per Roll Call. As president pro tempore of the Senate, or the second-highest ranking official of the chamber, Grassley suggested he would stand in for Pence.

But within minutes, Grassley backtracked. "Every indication we have is that the vice president will be there," Grassley's office said.

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Okay, that's not Grassley backtracking. That's his office correcting something he said. Why'd he say it? Was Grassley confused in his old age, or was it actually the case that Pence wasn't expected to be there? And if so, who's "we" who didn't expect it?

After the confusion, Grassley's office said that the Iowa senator was simply trying to explain what would happen if Pence had to step away.

Bullshit. If that's what he was trying to do, he would have done it.

"I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you," Trump said at a rally in Georgia on Monday. "Of course, if he doesn't come through, I won't like him quite as much," Trump added.

That's probably why they didn't expect him to show. Some group of people were likely discussing how Pence could get out of the bind Trump put him in at the rally.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

I'm not feeling a bit of sympathy.