For a time on Friday afternoon it appeared the website of Vice President Mike Pence had been hacked. Alas, this was not his official website—officialmikepence.com appears to be an imposter made to play on recent reports that Pence is privately eyeing the presidency as the pressure mounts on President Trump. MikePence.com redirects to Trump's website. Nonetheless, the imposter is hilarious:

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someone hacked mike pence's official website and it is a work of art pic.twitter.com/VccQB3lCxq — suz 🌛✨ (@suzaaaaaaaaa) August 11, 2017

The references to Pence's retrograde views on LGBTQ+ rights, as well as his horrifying habit of (allegedly) addressing his wife as "Mother," are very much appreciated. Unfortunately, though, this is a distant second among this year's greatest website scams. The trophy goes to the Harvard Crimson takeover that went down when Mark Zuckerberg swung by the university to give a commencement speech this year. The stories placed on the homepage were fairly legendary:

In the meantime, let's not think about the prospect of the vice president saying, "Mother, mother, who prepared our meal this evening?" to his wife across a crowded dinner table.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said Vice President Mike Pence's official website had been hacked. This was not the case. We were duped. Sorry for the confusion.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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