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Vice President Mike Pence‘s wife snubbed him on election night when it was clearDonald Trumphad secured the presidency, according to a new book about the campaign.
InThe Guardian‘s excerpt of his new bookThe Fifth Risk,author Michael Lewis claims Pence, 59, went in to kiss wife Karen Pence, 61, after Pennsylvania was called for Trump — but she allegedly rebuffed him.
“You got what you wanted, Mike,” she said, according to the author of popular books-turned-moviesMoneyballandThe Big Short.“Now leave me alone.”
The vice president’s office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Mrs. Pence was also allegedly displeased with Trump, 72, as Lewis wrote that she “wouldn’t so much as say hello” to him.
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According to a profileThe Washington Postpublished in March 2017, Mrs. Pence is never far from her husband — although the second lady has claimed repeatedly that she doesn’t try to influence policy.
The story said Mrs. Pence once accompanied her husband on a trip from Germany on Air Force Two, where she remained with him while he spoke with reporters for 20 minutes in the back of the plane. She also sat in on at least one job interview with potential hires as her husband assembled his vice-presidential staff.
“As governor, Mike Pence had a very tight inner circle, and Karen Pence was very much a part of that,” Brian Howey, the publisher of political newsletter Howey Politics Indiana, told thePost. “I would characterize her as the silent, omnipresent partner. You knew she was there, you knew there was some considerable influence she wielded, but, boy, she was not public about it.”
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ThePostalso claimed Trump recognizes Mrs. Pence’s influence on her husband and consulted her throughout the election period.
“She was a major part of our campaign, and she just never flinched,” said Trump’s adviserKellyanne Conway. “Karen Pence was one of the biggest pro-Trump people and Trump defenders there was … She has a great sense of people and saw at events and rallies the enthusiasm and support for Mr. Trump.”
source: people.com
