Did VP Pence set up a PAC to help GOP in upcoming tight races for 2018 or is he leap frogging to a 2020 bid – PB/TK
Mike Pence launches his own PAC as he finds himself in the middle of another Trump scandal – By Sophia Tesfaye / May 18 2017
Vice President Mike Pence has dutifully and publicly supported President Donald Trump throughout the avalanche of cascading controversies that have inundated the White House in the last four months. But after a third blockbuster news report in as many days revealed that the vice president is near the epicenter of a new growing scandal, Pence suddenly launched his own political fundraising group.
Pence said that he started the Great America Committee to help the GOP in what’s sure to be a round of hotly contested elections in 2018 and 2020. The group, which filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, will be able to use the funds to cover the costs of the vice president’s travels on Air Force Two to campaign on behalf of GOP candidates across the country.
“The Vice President is playing a leading role in passing legislation on the Hill,” said Nick Ayers, a senior adviser to Pence in the 2016 campaign who will be running the political action committee (PAC), in a statement. Pence “wants to support House and Senate members who are helping pass the president’s agenda.”
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