{"id":15828,"date":"2019-12-10T16:52:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T21:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=15828"},"modified":"2019-12-11T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:25:10","slug":"vice-president-mike-pence-visits-western-pennsylvania-in-wake-of-impeachment-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2019\/12\/10\/vice-president-mike-pence-visits-western-pennsylvania-in-wake-of-impeachment-filing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Mike Pence visits Western Pennsylvania in wake of impeachment filing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As House Democrats moved to make impeachment official, Vice President Mike Pence swung through Beaver County, telling a roomful of local veterans that Donald Trump is the \u201cbest friend the armed forces of the United States has ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Pence stopped by a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Rochester and a Monaca restaurant to build support for the Trump\/Pence ticket, underscoring their focus on Pennsylvania as a state crucial to their reelection hopes. See some of the day’s scenes below, and read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States, points at the crowd before speaking at a Veterans for Trump meet and greet event, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at Rochester VFW Post 128 in Rochester. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wally Paciorkowski, of Carrick, center, speaks with friends as they await the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence at Rochester VFW Post 128. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald J. Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks at Rochester VFW Post 128. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trump supporters clap during a speech by Vice President Mike Pence during a Veterans for Trump meet and greet event at Rochester VFW Post 128. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Veterans for Trump meet and greet event at Rochester VFW Post 128. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Trump supporter meets Vice President Mike Pence during a Veterans for Trump meet and greet event at Rochester VFW Post 128 in Rochester. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vice President Mike Pence, left, talks with congressional candidate Sean Parnell during a Veterans for Trump meet and greet event at Rochester VFW Post 128. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Brothers Liam, 11, and Lincoln Cowan, 9, both of Syracuse NY, react to having their hat autographed by Vice President Mike Pence, left, during a campaign stop at Rochester VFW Post 128. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The motorcade of Vice President Mike Pence drives along Broadhead Road after a Veterans for Trump meet and greet event, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at Rochester VFW Post 128 in Rochester. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vice President Mike Pence meets Virginia Mihalik, left, of Raccoon Twp., and Kathy Mort, right, of Vanport, during a campaign stop at Kings Family Restaurant on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, in Center Twp. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vice President Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Matt Ambrose, 41, of Center Twp., during a campaign stop at Kings Family Restaurant in Center Twp. John Conroy, 28, Buffalo, NY, center, also pictured. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cleopatra Kail, 1, daughter of PA State Rep. Josh Kail, looks out the window of Kings Family Restaurant after Vice President Mike Pence made a bus campaign stop at the Center Twp. restaurant to campaign for the 2020 presidential election. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As House Democrats moved to make impeachment official, Vice President Mike Pence swung through Beaver County, telling a roomful of local veterans that Donald Trump is the \u201cbest friend the armed forces of the United States has ever had.\u201d Mr. Pence stopped by a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Rochester and a Monaca restaurant… <\/p>\n

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