Mike Pence told CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday that Donald Trump’s call to cancel Boeing’s new, Air Force One project is “using the bully pulpit on behalf of fiscal responsibility.”
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“The President-elect is demonstrating today who the American people hired as our next president, a businessman that knows how to sharpen his pencils,” the Vice President-elect explained. “No sooner did he hear about a $4 billion contract for a couple of new installments of Air Force One that he said we should cancel the contract, put a hold on it.” (RELATED: Trump — ‘Cancel Order’ For $4 Billion Air Force One)
“He’s going to be a real champion for taxpayers and fiscal responsibility, and this is just the first installment.”
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“Would you call that the bully pulpit even though he isn’t the president yet?” Tapper asked in response. “I mean, using the bully pulpit to send a signal to a company?”
“I think you could call it the bully pulpit on behalf of fiscal responsibility,” Pence answered. “Not a message to a particular company.”