Former VP Mike Pence visiting Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids next week

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to go to Minneapolis — in addition to Cedar Rapids, Iowa — subsequent week as he continues mulling a potential presidential run.

The information comes the identical day because the FBI started conducting a consensual search at Pence’s Carmel, Indiana, residence, looking for any labeled paperwork.

Pence’s Minneapolis go to will likely be subsequent Wednesday. Based on Advancing American Freedom, Pence’s personal coverage and advocacy group, the go to comes below the auspices of “defending mother and father’ rights.” The group’s announcement explicitly references a court docket case associated to a college district within the Cedar Rapids space regarding transgender pupil insurance policies.

Based on a Cedar Rapids-area information outlet, the coverage on the heart of the swimsuit would enable kids to make choices on their gender id with out parental enter, and would give them the choice of utilizing restrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their gender id.

Pence was just lately subpoenaed by particular counsel Jack Smith, who’s overseeing the investigations into former President Donald Trump. Sources informed CBS Information in November that the Justice Division had reached out to Pence in connection to Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021.