Pence Pelted on Twitter During Ski Vacation by Colorado State Senator
Justifiable outrage has been focused on Donald Trump the past several days. Two Americans are dying every minute from COVID-19, millions are facing eviction as unemployment payments end and food lines stretch for hours, yet Donald Trump nonchalantly plays golf at his private club in warm, sunny south Florida while plotting to overturn the election.
But at the same time, three quarters of the way across the country, his number two guy also is enjoying a luxury vacation while America suffers. Pence and his family are hitting the fresh powder on the ski slopes of the tony resort town of Vail, Colo.
A local website reported that 18 Secret Service agents have booked rooms at the Grand Hyatt Vail, with 30 more agents staying in other locations around the valley. Ski instructors have reportedly been booked for the Pence party at nearby Beaver Creek Resort, and one source confirmed one of the vice president’s brothers has been spotted in town.
A Democratic Colorado state senator is none too happy about it and she has been trolling Pence hard on Twitter since a military plane carrying vehicles for his motorcade landed at the area’s regional airport on Tuesday. Kerry Donovan tweeted at Pence, “Heard you’re visiting my hometown for the holiday. Stay tuned for a story a day of the things that would be different if you had chosen to lead and address … instead of ignore and minimize the COVID-19 pandemic.”
On Wednesday, when Pence arrived in Vail, Donovan greeted him with this: “Good morning. Make sure you pack a mask. You’ll be spending the holidays in a mandatory mask zone.” She also pointed out that Colorado saw its first decrease in public school enrollment since the 1980s due to the pandemic.
Good morning @VP / @Mike_Pence. Make sure you pack a mask. You’ll be spending the holidays in a mandatory mask zone. And as you fly into Eagle and drive up valley, you’ll pass by a couple of schools – CO saw it’s first decrease in enrollment since the 80s.
— Kerry Donovan (@KerryDonovanCO) December 23, 2020
True to her word Donovan has continued bashing the vice president by pointing out the real-world results of the Trump administration’s epic bungling of its coronavirus response.
It’s apres ski time @VP / @Mike_Pence ! If a year ago you and your team hadn’t minimized the seriousness of covid-19, we would have been better prepared and possibly could have avoided losing one of our cherished apres ski performers. Our community lost a good friend.
— Kerry Donovan (@KerryDonovanCO) December 23, 2020
Christmas in the Rockies is wonderful, right @VP / @mike_pence? For locals, figuring out holidays is feeling harder than ever. Our food bank supports 4 times the number of people it did pre-covid. While you said this would be over by Easter, we tried to fill pantry shelves.
— Kerry Donovan (@KerryDonovanCO) December 25, 2020
Here is her latest, in which she reminds Pence of the extreme hardship being suffered by those working in the service industry.
.@VP / @Mike_Pence, planning for a cocktail before dinner tonight? It is taking my friends in the service industry 3 times the work to make the same money as a year ago. So make sure you tip extra big-your lack of leadership made this a much longer hardship than it ever had to be
— Kerry Donovan (@KerryDonovanCO) December 26, 2020