Mike Pence speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr
[T]he vice president of the United States touched down in Vermont early Friday afternoon.
A report by WCAX-TV said Vice President Mike Pence will be visiting Lake Hortonia in Hubbardton. The station did not indicate the nature of the trip or how long it would last. The vice president arrived on Air Force Two at approximately 1:30 p.m. and was met by a large number of police officers.
Pence, the former governor of Indiana, is vice president to Donald Trump. The team won just over 30 percent of the vote in Vermont in the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
Earlier in the day, Pence delivered remarks at a service in Washington, D.C., for Sen. John McCain in the Capitol Rotunda.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., was with the vice president and his wife, Karen, at McCain’s service, and released a message afterward about their weekend vacation.
“I am glad to hear that they are able to now visit the most beautiful state in the country, and I hope they enjoy their time in Vermont,” Leahy said.
A representative at the Burlington office of the Secret Service declined to comment on the vice president’s whereabouts or plans.
Members of the Trump administration visited the Green Mountain State last year, when Trump’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, vacationed at the Twin Farms spa in the Upper Valley.
