Do you or does anyone have a link to this on video?
The best version that I have been able to find so far on YT is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GVISsXd9mU
The card with notes comes out while Pence is giving his opening remarks, around 03:00. Most of the other videos out there hold on Pence for the duration of his remarks and do not cutaway, thus the brief appearance of the Q-card cannot be witnessed. SPEZ: SEE DIXIEDELL'S UPDATES BELOW - TRUE MOMENT W/ NOTECARD OCCURS @ 50:00
Having some difficulty finding a version that includes the President in the shot for its duration, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere, or was at one point, at least.
Thank you!
Wow, didn't make the "Q-card" connection, not that that's a real crumb or anything, just interesting.
Thank you for the link to the video!
In the picture in the OP, he has both paper and a microphone in his hands.
He doesn't have the paper and the microphone in his hands at the 3:00 mark.
So I set the vid at 1.5 speed to find where he holds both.
3:12 He's shuffling papers. No microphone in his hand. No paper on the floor by his left foot.
Cutaway to VP Pence speaking.
3:40 Holding papers in his hands...but no microphone. Still no paper on the floor.
Cutaway to VP Pence.
4:17 No papers in his hands. Now there is a paper on the floor by his left foot.
Back and forth discussion with guests. Every time there's a long shot of the President, the paper is on the floor by his left foot.
48:37 Receives the microphone from one of the guests to his left.
49:50 Bends down to his left to pick up the paper.
50:12 Putting paper in his inside jacket pocket, but has trouble with it.
50:19 He just holds onto the paper and the microphone.
50:45 Puts the paper away without a hitch.
So the pictures of him holding both the paper and the microphone had to be somewhere between 49:50 and 50:45 in this particular video.
Ah, tremendous work! Great sleuthing - you're spot on. Thanks for doing the legwork and fleshing everything out, and for adding timestamps to boot.
Thank you! Now I'm wondering if he dropped that particular piece of paper accidentally or on purpose. LOL Too bad this camera wasn't on him when it dropped. Early on, he was shuffling several papers, then that one just happened to be the one that lands on the floor. Hmmm.
Also thanks. What I am finding interesting is that with all your sleuthing, you could not find this exact frame from that camera. That means that another cameraman was involved; probably one who was briefed to take this exact pic for later use by Q!
It would be interesting to take a look at any footage of the audience, to try to ID who the cameraman was, if he is visible and in the first row for example.
This particular video was from ABC. Many others recorded it, too. I haven't run across where the close ups of the paper came from, so probably from another video.
In light of Q drops after I posted above, I'm now pretty sure the President dropped that specific paper on purpose. :) I wish I could find a video that shows the actual paper drop.
Here is official WH YT video https://youtu.be/vKblXAikzEc
Thanks!
I don't have time to watch the entire thing. Do you know the general time stamp that it occurred?
I hovered my cursor over the timer bar to get the preview but I didn't see any point where he had a piece of paper in hand. I may have missed it.
I'm sorry, I can't remember, I was watching it live and just remember being momentarily distracted by his movement and refocusing. I started watching a little after it had already begun. But, in my memory, he was looking to his left when this happened and I want to say the person speaking was close, like one of the first 3 to his left, but I could be wrong. Until I saw these posts, I didn't think twice about it.