Report: Pence Hosts Dinners For Top GOP Donors At His Official Residence

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss healthcare and other issues while engaging in a "listening session" with small business owners. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss healthcare and other issues while engaging in a "listening session" with small b... Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss healthcare and other issues while engaging in a "listening session" with small business owners. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) MORE LESS
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Vice President Mike Pence has been hosting major Republican donors at his private taxpayer-funded residence in Washington, D.C., according to a Sunday report in the New York Times.

The dinners were attended by donors who helped Pence and President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, as well as by company executives and fundraisers who could be key to the pair’s re-election.

Pence’s press secretary, Marc Lotter, told the New York Times that Pence has not used the dinners to fundraise, which would break campaign finance laws. He’s also not the first to invite donors to the White House or the Vice President’s residence.

Aides to Pence who helped found America First Policies and America First Action, two groups that support Trump’s presidency, helped the Vice President organize the dinners. Katie Walsh, an adviser to America First Policies, told the Times that the group has not used the dinners to solicit fundraisers.

Read the full report here.

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  1. Meet the new boss
    Same as the old boss

  2. This is my first declarative “BULLSHIT” of the day here. I’m sure it’ll get plenty of use as the day goes on with this bunch of lying liars and the bullshit they tell. Pence lies as easily as tRump. Its basically how he got chosen for the job.

  3. fundraisers who could be key to

    Pence’s legal team financing?

  4. A grifter has to grift.

  5. Pence could never be President.
    Lying might be OK for a TV clown like Trump but for a bland political nonentity like Pence the old rules apply.
    Meanwhile, Karen’s sick headaches and SnackWells binging continue…

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