Vice President Mike Pence gave Christmas partygoers a little present this year.
It was the vice presidential 2020 ornament, stamped “Vice President’s Residence.”
We wish you a very Merry Christmas! The @VP and I took our official 2020 Christmas portrait on Tuesday, December 8, at the Vice President’s Residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Delano Scott) pic.twitter.com/pFgb5VGVEb
— Second Lady Karen Pence (@SecondLady) December 18, 2020
The gift came in a red box, and it showed a simple Christmas tree in an old-fashioned red sleigh. During the parties, Pence and his wife, Karen, wore a mask, as did most of the attendees. …
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- Noted liberal Democracy for America spokesman Neil Sroka is transitioning to a group that is pushing paid leave. “It’s the understatement of the century to say I loved my job at DFA,” he said. He’ll now be communications director for PL+US, or Paid Leave for the U.S. …
