Vice President-elect Mike Pence was seen Thursday night in D.C., roaming the aisles of a Safeway grocery store in search of ice cream ahead of next week’s inauguration.
A Washington Post reporter doing his own shopping at the time spotted him.
Just saw Mike Pence buy 2 cartons of Turkey Hill ice cream at neighborhood Safeway. I am telling you this so I can expense all my groceries.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) January 13, 2017
Pence tweeted Friday morning that he was indeed on an ice cream run.
I can confirm that when Mrs. Pence asks me to pick up ice cream, I pick up ice cream. ? https://t.co/GaQDqvIFZz
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) January 13, 2017
“I can confirm that when Mrs. Pence asks me to pick up ice cream, I pick up ice cream,” he wrote.
Pence had been shopping at the Chevy Chase Safeway, near the home he has been renting before he moves into the vice president’s residence.
The Post reported that Pence, tailed by Secret Service, purchased two half-gallon tubs of Turkey Hill ice cream. He shook hands with a cashier in the store.
