A.G. Gancarski
For the third time in just a few months, Vice President Mike Pence is headed back to Jacksonville.
This time, he’s bringing the “First Daughter,” Ivanka Trump. This will be Ms. Trump’s first visit to Jacksonville in such a high-profile capacity.
The President’s Daughter and his Veep will be in Jacksonville Friday, hitting two stops, Pence announced on Twitter Wednesday, continuing a trend of swing state campaign stop/fundraiser joint appearances.
The first stop: Operation New Hope for a “roundtable discussion with clients.” Operation New Hope helps reformed felons begin a new life with job training. The non-profit has already been visited by a member of the Donald Trump Administration: HUD Sec. Ben Carson.
From there, they go to Miller Electric, where they will “highlight private sector engagement in expanding workforce development and apprenticeship opportunities for all Americans – a key component of the Trump Administration’s ‘Pledge to America’s Workers’.”
Pence has been a familiar presence in Jacksonville, where the media is less combative than some other Florida markets.
Traveling to the great state of Florida on Friday, joined by @IvankaTrump, to visit Operation New Hope who gives Americans a second chance at work after former incarceration & Miller Electric, a family owned company bringing workers off the sidelines and back into the workforce!
— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) July 24, 2019
In May, Pence, appearing under the auspices of America First Policies, was in Duval for the event “USMCA: A Better Deal for American Workers.”
The Jacksonville stop was the first on a 26 city tour of battleground states promoting the NAFTA replacement.
Pence has been deployed to Jacksonville both as a candidate and an officeholder over the years.
In 2016, Pence addressed a crowd at First Baptist Church, on a day when the pews were not at full capacity.
Pence returned in 2017 to push policy, calling for repeal and replace of “the Obamacare nightmare.”
Pence was in town ahead of the 2018 election for Gov. Ron DeSantis.
More recently, Pence was in Jacksonville for a fundraiser.
The March 28 event featured a number of high-profile Republicans, including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and RNC Co-Chair Tommy Hicks Jr. Trump Victory finance chairman Todd Ricketts was also listed on the invite.
One comment
Sonja Fitch
July 25, 2019 at 5:52 am
Mike Pence and Ivanka are visiting here as a “couple “. Does mama Pence know? Does mike pence know Ivanka is a woman? Warning Ivanka ,Mike Pence has no self control and goodness knows He really is just as much a pervert as your pedophile loving daddy.
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