VP Pool Report #2 — Quotes and ceremony

VPOTUS enters the room at 1047 . There are about three dozen guests including McDonald’s wife and children. In his brief remarks before the swearing in, Vance said the administration would aim to restore deterrence on fraud.

Vance: “One of the things Colin is going to do is make sure that no fraud, no matter how big or how small it is, no fraud is small enough or big enough to look away from. And I think that's going to reimpose deterrence. It's going to make fraudsters know that they're going to suffer some consequences, and it's going to make the American people know that these programs are being protected for the people who need them, because there are a lot of them out there. We want to help them, but we've got to get rid of the fraud in order to do it.”

He then asked McDonald to raise his right hands and repeat the oath. After McDonald’s brief comments, Vance invited his family for a group photo.

Following the photos, your pooler attempted to ask a question to the VP about the news of the day but he thanked and left the room.

We were ushered out shortly after.

On the way back to the WH, VP was spotted just outside the door of the West Wing speaking on the phone. Pool waited at the stairs for half a minute for his convo to be over.

That's it for today.