It wasn’t close to Dublin where his meetings were. This is just wrong. Trump and Pence can’t even come up with a consistent lie about it.
When @vp visited Ireland, he stayed 150 miles away from his meetings — at @realdonaldtrump's golf club.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 4, 2019
Trump got $.
Pence got a 2-hour commute across Ireland.
Taxpayers got the bill.https://t.co/KQO3vg4vVQ
How do we know @VP Pence got his hand caught in the cookie jar by funneling taxpayers funds to @realDonaldTrump? Because the @WhiteHouse is now changing the story.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 4, 2019
The corruption in the Trump Administration is incredible. So is the lying to cover it up.#WednesdayWisdom https://t.co/CA7HiP0Eve
It's just a simple four-hour detour costing the taxpayer millions in order to direct some government money to Trump personally. It's happened literally hundreds of times before. Trump and Pence are "irked" that you all are treating it like a big deal. https://t.co/EzgI1xlNlb pic.twitter.com/eg6Ka8OgXo
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 4, 2019
Trump tells reporters he didn’t suggest that Pence stay at his golf club in Ireland: “I don’t suggest anything – nor did I with the Attorney General… I have a lot of hotels all over the place and people use them because they’re the best, you know, they’re the best.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 4, 2019
At least 24 of 32 people who have served in Trump’s cabinet and 26 of the 53 Senate Republicans have been spotted at or spent money at Trump’s hotel in DC. @maggieNYT @EricLiptonNYT https://t.co/uFSEzfNAjw
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 4, 2019
It’s not just spending taxpayer money to stay at Doonbeg–back home, Vice President Pence, his campaign and his PAC have collectively spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at Trump properties. https://t.co/uvvPDJcZoC
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 4, 2019
"Multiple W.H. officials expressed disbelief that Pence's office thought spending two nights at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel was good idea." 🤔 https://t.co/qebFGpo8jW pic.twitter.com/EsiV8UgsZC
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 4, 2019
Secret Service veterans are grumbling about the Trump administration’s repeated insistence that it’s logistically easier for law enforcement to secure Trump resorts when the president and vice president travel.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 4, 2019
It isn't. https://t.co/bxbfe4mMVS
Definitely not easier than the U.S. Ambassador's residence near Dublin that's already more secure than Doonberg. https://t.co/tAHYokluS5
— Carmen V (@BlueWI2020) September 4, 2019
Sad! 