Vice President Mike Pence’s pre-planned stunt last month in which he performatively walked out of the Colts-49ers game cost the Indianapolis police department over $14,000, according records provided to a watchdog group.
Pence left Lucas Oil Stadium after a group of about 20 San Francisco players knelt for the national anthem. He knew the players would kneel because they had done so all season long. He wasn’t even there long enough to take another selfie with his wife and instead tweeted the same one he took at a game three years ago.
“I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” Pence said in a prepared statement released mere moments after he walked out.