Mike Pence Cancels New Hampshire Trip to Return to D.C., Reason Unclear By Tyler O’Neil
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Late Tuesday morning, Air Force 2 altered its flight path, returning Vice President Mike Pence to Washington, D.C. and taking him away from his scheduled meeting in Salem, New Hampshire. Rumors swirl as to the reason for this sudden change, but sources have said it does not involve Pence’s health.
“Crowd leaving the Granite Recovery Center in Salem, NH where [Pence] was supposed to participate in a round table and speak to audience of 200. Just told Air Force 2 was turned around due to an emergency and the Vice President is now headed back to DC,” NBC 10’s Alison King tweeted shortly after 11 a.m. Eastern.
King added that she was “just told it is not an ’emergency’ (1st word used) that the [vice president] is sent back to DC. Now being told it is a ‘diversion.’. No explanation yet of what that means.”
BS White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor shared an official denial that the change had anything to do with the health of the president or vice president.
There is an outside chance the schedule shift might have something to do with New Hampshire’s Pease Air National Guard Base going on lockdown at about 1122 a.m. Possible shots were reportedly heard on the base, and the incident is being treated as an active shooter scenario.
The base is a 39-minute drive away from Salem.
Update 1:17 p.m.:
Now officials are saying Pence never left Washington, D.C.
“The [Vice President] never left Washington, DC. There was no ’emergency callback.’ Something came up that required the VP to stay in DC. We’ll reschedule NH shortly,” Farah tweeted.
If Pence never left D.C., where did the original story come from? If he did leave, why would officials try to cover that up?
Update 1:22 p.m.:
Reports are saying the Pease shooter scare has nothing to do with Pence’s travel plans.
Update 1:41 p.m.
In remarks to Reuters, Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, also said the plane never left.
“The vice president was called back to the White House but there’s no cause for alarm and we’ll reschedule the trip soon,” Short said.
Short said Pence’s plane never actually left Washington. STAY TUNED
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