U.S. Representative Rodney Davis on VP Mike Pence

Posted on October 15, 2018
A last minute visit from the Vice President for US Rep. Rodney Davis (PHOTO:Dave Dahl)

 

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD– It’s harder to imagine an odder couple than President Trump and Vice President Pence.

Pence headlined a fund-raiser Friday in Springfield for U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville).

“I’ve seen them work together personally,” Davis told WJBC News. “You know, they get along well. Look, President Trump is the first president in our lifetime who has not had government or military experience. The American people wanted somebody different, and they’ve
got somebody who does not follow the same presidential protocols as past presidents.”

Davis says Pence, a former Indiana congressman and governor, asked Davis a few weeks ago what he could do to help – and Pence tried to do it Friday.

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