Mike Pence's 'money hungry' wife Karen - dubbed 'the real VP' - double-billed Trump's inauguration committee for her 'tacky' ball gown and demanded $1.5M to redo the vice president's residence, new book claims
Tom LoBianco writes Pence's wife Karen, who he calls 'Mother', is the real VP in his upcoming book Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House
LoBianco, a reporter who covered Pence as Indiana's governor, claims Karen is so crafty she gives him advice on the phone so she won't be seen hanging around him
The author claims that Trump's team had no problem with Pence but were concerned about Karen, who they had heard 'horror stories' about
Trump was so impressed by Pence's indifference to becoming his running mate in the 2016 Presidential Election, it earned him the job as VP
LoBianco writes that Trump yelled at Pence: 'I need killers! Do you want this thing or not?'
Over breakfast in Indiana, Trump asked why Pence was even bothering to be in the race and Pence said: 'You're in my home, you tell me'
Trump said 'Wow' and was impressed by the indifference that Pence showed to him - earning him his spot on Trump's ticket
Karen is also 'obsessed with money and demanded $1.5 million from the Trump inauguration committee fund to renovate the Vice Presidential home'
By Daniel Bates For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:51 EDT, 9 September 2019 | Updated: 16:16 EDT, 9 September 2019
Mike Pence may have the title, but insiders in Washington and Indiana where he served as governor, believe that Karen Pence rules the roost and is the 'real VP.'
In fact, any hesitation by the Trump team in tapping Pence for VP revolved around the power held by the woman he calls 'Mother.'
Pence became Donald Trump's pick for Vice President by playing hard to get when the future president shouted at him: 'I need killers! Do you want this thing or not?'
Pence calmly told Trump it 'doesn't matter' if he chose him and that if he wanted an 'attack dog' he had the wrong guy.
Trump had asked Pence while sitting over breakfast in Indiana in June 2016, why he was bothering being in the race if that was his attitude. Pence simply replied: 'You're in my home, you tell me'.
Trump said 'wow' and was impressed by the indifference that Pence showed to him.
By acting like he didn't want the job, Pence ensured that Trump was desperate to have him, writes Tom LoBianco, a former Associated Press reporter who covered Pence while he was governor of Indiana.
In his upcoming biography Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House, LoBianco writes this was classic Pence: looking like a nice guy on the outside but inside being a ruthless and ambitious political operator.
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