Vice President Mike Pence defends visiting his family's Irish hometown and staying at Pres. Trump's property there at taxpayer expense, arguing the resort was a 'logical' choice that let him highlight Irish-American ties.
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended visiting his family's Irish hometown and staying at President Donald Trump's property there at taxpayer expense, arguing the resort was a"logical" choice that let him highlight Irish-American ties.
Democrats criticized the vice president for using taxpayer dollars not just to visit his family but also to stay at Trump International Golf Club in Doonbeg."You took an oath to the Constitution, not to @realDonaldTrump," Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., tweeted."Funneling taxpayer money to @POTUS by staying at this Trump resort is sooooooo corrupt."
Asked if the president asked Pence to stay at his property, the vice president's chief of staff, Marc Short, told reporters that he did not think it was"a request, like a command" -- but rather"a suggestion." But the fact that Pence was traveling to Doonbeg at all has raised eyebrows The village is about 140 miles from Dublin. He has flown back and forth from Shannon, Ireland, about an hour's drive away.
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