president trump spent most of the morning at the golf club. he will be having meetings and working the phones, encouraging senators to pass the tax cut and tax reform bill. signing the package into law would fulfill a major campaign promise. back in d.c., vice president mike pence and second lady karen visited with wounded warriors recovering at walter reed national military medical center and the uso warrior and family center where nearly all of the service members had amputations or prosthetics. thank you for your service. the caregivers gathered here. you give your best to america s best. we are all grateful to you and thankful for you. happy thanksgiving. the white house says nothing public is scheduled in the holiday weekend but next week at his back to serious business.
on twitter, quote, i asked vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. all of it led philip bump of the washington post that it refen forced the obvious conclusion that pence s appearance at the game and his well coordinated exit from it was stapled. the president added this on twitter just today, quote, the trip by vp pence was long planned. he s receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such disrespect for country. and members of the president s staff played offense today. it takes a lot to get that man s blood boiling and to refer to someone who is standing up for the flag and all it represents to hundreds of millions of americans and all it signals to the world, our vet answer, our unity, the founding of our great nation, to call that a political stunt is stuly outrageous, egregious and offensive. let s talk about it tonight.
our colts and honoring peyton manning. 11:56 a.m., pence departs his hotel. aides tell reporters he may leave the game early, and they should stay in their vehicles. around 12:55 p.m., as expected, some players from the 49ers kneel during the national anthem. 1:08 p.m. pence tweets i left the colts game because potus and i will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. after just 30 minutes pence s motorcade departs. by 2:16 the president claimed credit tweeting he asked at vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled. disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. by 7:02 the vice president lands in los angeles for a private fund-raiser. by then the critics were pouncing, calling it an expensive political stunt on taxpayers dime. to use taxpayers money to
he and pence discussed walking out beforehand. i asked @vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled disrespecting our country. aproud of him and second lady karen. the walkout is drawing criticism with some calling it a offensive political stunt on taxpayers dime. it cost $30,000 per hour to fly. he true from las vegas. and then indian nap lis. the cost? nearly a quarter million dollars. the flight cost estimates do not include the cost of advance personnel, secret service and support on the ground. we will say that pence s office contends if it it wasn t for the game, he would have flown back to washington, d.c., and they say that would have been a greater cost. david and christine? all right. thank you. in washington, the white house standing by its hard line
planes. the vice president left the game in his home state when players from the 49ers took a knee during the national anthem. sunday started with pence tweeting that he was looking forward to cheering on the colts. once at the stadium, his aides told orders that pence may depart the game early and they should stay in their vehicles. after around 30 minutes in the stadium pence tweeted he left the game because @potus and i will not later the president tweeted he and pence discussed walking out beforehand. i asked @vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled dice respecting our country. i m proud of him and second lady karen. the walkout is drawing sharp criticism calling it an expensive political stunt.