Vice President Micheal Pence poses for his official portrait at The White House, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
Air Force Two, carrying Vice President Mike Pence to a speaking event in New Hampshire, reversed course Tuesday morning and returned him to the White House to address an unspecified emergency.
The Hill reported there was no response from the vice president’s office on the emergency.
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Pence was scheduled to speak about the opioid crisis.
The Washington Examiner reported a spokesman for the vice president who was in New Hampshire explained the flight had been diverted back to Washington.
.@WMUR9 #breaking Emergency call back of @VP the event has been cancelled #fitn #NHPolitics pic.twitter.com/44pKQqcZ43
— Ryan Murphy WMUR TV (@95Photog) July 2, 2019
Fox News reported officials said there was “no cause” for concern and the issue was not related to national security.
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Pence’s spokeswoman Alyssa Farah tweeted: “Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC. It’s no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon.
Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC. It’s no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon.
— Alyssa Farah (@VPPressSec) July 2, 2019
Radio host Rush Limbaugh proffered what he termed a “wild guess” about the Pence situation.
“I don’t think it has anything to do with anything domestic,” Limbaugh opined. “I think this has to do with something unrelated to any strife or problem within the country.
“With whom are we engaged at the moment in tense moments? … What if the Iranians are huffing and puffing about doing something in the Middle East right now? I don’t know that. You get these little snippets of news, and you try to put things together out there.”
