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.
Hey I didn't hear anyone whining when Moochelle took her daughters and mother to China on the taxpayers dime.
It turns out that Trump is everything he accused the Clintons of being.
Time to campaign against all incumbents who refuse impeachment against this TrumpCrimeSyndicate. From Nancy on down if you don’t start impeachment you do not have my vote. The crimes need to be on record & Kavanaugh off the bench because of DeutscheBankLoans & MoscowMitch
Sick of MSM- all liars & haters! 💩👎🤥🤬😡🤮🤡🤪
It's probably the nicest place in the area why shouldn't he stay there. He's the VP of the US.
Yet more corruption can we get a refund back to the American taxpayer
No defense necessary mike_pence against fake news whose only goal is hating realDonaldTrump and tearing down good people like you.🙄Politics
It’s all about making money, we are not stupid!
When ANY govt. official stays a Motel 6 I will believe they care for the people. I know, that's when Pigs fly.
Messed up🤬
And yet again, trump makes a boatload of money, particularly on charges for Secret Service, for rooms and meals, on us. What did it cost us to rent the helicopter(s) needed so that trump could make this money, having to helio to the meetings over a couple days (back & forth)?
But did he have any family there?
Has anyone seen Mike Pence's spine?
HIS IRISH RELATIVES MAKE MY IRISH RELATIVES ASHAMED
Dang, this is the first time I’m not proud to be Irish
Salty
Stop the nonsense
Stop the freaking tasteless gossip, and present some ' real' news.
So when he stays at any realDonaldTrump property he’s “highlighting” ancestry. I call big bullshit.
At this point, they don’t care what we think. They are going gouge and get all they can before they leave.
He may be the second dumbest person on earth
BS not a wise move the rich get richer because of the handshaking they do. Not at tax payer expense.
Vice so much wining !
Then VP pay your own expenses
Corrupted Vice corrupted President.
Tell us what would you have said if Obama had done that? (His maternal great-great-great grandfather was Irish).
That explaining won’t do. Go back to the drawing board.
the resort cost him nothing to stay there, He was able to spend time with his family, It cost the tax payers nothing. Stop the lies there getting old
SWAMP
No other hotels in Ireland right? What a LIAR. Your master Trump would be so proud. Jesus will punch you right in the face as soon as you meet him
He should pay for his own lodging if its a vacay.
ok...our politics do not align but if he is paying for his family..move on..i am betting the location is already vetted for security as well....
BS VP
What a FOOL!
There's an american embassy in Dublin he could stay at.
So trip is on pence's dime? Since he is visiting family.
Horse shit
When will it stop🤮
When will enough be enough!!!!!! The trump hotel in Washington being booked for a Holiday party by Barr,!! 😖Barr running the trump association, using our money! 30,000 dollars for holiday party, profits going right into trumps pocket, gifts have a $10 limit!!!shameful,
What a CROCK!!!
Pence you have gone to the dark side. Anyone who touches Trump becomes corrupt, liars, and loses their ethics and their sole. Ask his old friends in prison.
Oy vey! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Obama never did this (deep sarcasm )
Such buffoonery
That’s bullshit he had meetings in Dublin which has plenty of hotels to accommodate his entourage and an international airport nearby he chose to stay at a trump golf course to line trumps pockets and play golf with campaign donors
But you pieces of shit in the news media had no problem. When Obummer did almost the same thing, did you ?
Funny but I seem to be having trouble finding old articles featuring ABC’s condemnation of Biden’s publicly funded travels. This wouldn’t be insane anti Trump administration bias would it? I mean that would call your journalistic integrity into question.
doing their best to keep dividing the country LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Can I take a trip to Ireland on tax payer money. How about we all do this
is there anything that the dems won't cry about. They try so hard to make EVERYTHING a Big Deal. To bad they don't put that much energy into MAGA!
Corrupt to the bone. We can impeach you too Pence.
We're pretending not to notice that Pence is Irish...pay for it on your own Pencie...
Could've just eaten lucky charms in front of a camera for cheaper
Whatever...😏
This is not a defense it's an excuse to line Trump's pocket with taxpayer money. Face it, America, this is a miserable failure. We need moderates in government on both sides.
BS. You stayed at Trump’s hotel because you wanted to please him. You are a lapdog. Admit it.
May the bedbugs of a thousand mattresses infest their private parts.
He probably got bedbugs for his troubles.
No one is buying this...
you guys in the media are a bit to much, there are far more things in the world to be concerned about.
Because nothing says “family” like staying at your boss’ property in another country on the US taxpayers dime.
Now do Obama and Hawaii
LOOK ABC! Stop worrying about Trump and Pence. Would you like me to give you a rundown of the vacation expenses the Dems rack up AT OUR EXPENSETheir much more hair standing! If you were friends with Trump where would YOU stay? somewhere else more expensive? Makes no sense!
Golf - Jan Theuninck, 2019
SlimyPence is a grifter
If it’s not from his personal account he pays for this trip...it IS A BIG DEAL!
Logical choice when trump family is Scottish and German ? The only ties highlighted are made in China
Trump and his GOP ilk are going to lose bigly in 2020 because of all their gross misuse of taxpayer funds plus the many other issues they stand in the way of both here in our country and abroad that need to be addressed.
LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
good for him! i can’t wait to play it
Bollox to him.. says Ireland should respect uk's sovereignty in brexit negotiations.. pretty clear where his ties are and it's not with Ireland
this government is worthy of the Mafia and everyone does not care ...
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