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On the recordAugust 18, 2019
These two fellows walk by on the beach, true story. Couple of big guys wearing Budweiser t-shirts, one of them looked over at me and said hey, you're Vice President Mike Pence. I said yes, I am. And he said, well, listen, he said you got to tell the president that he's got to keep doing what he's doing because I made twice as much money last year as I made the year before.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Mike Pence shares a story about a conversation with a citizen praising the president's economic policies.

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