Pence was set to visit Los Angeles today for an evening reception. He was planning to raise money and talk about tax reform during a three-day trip in the state.
Pence was in Las Vegas yesterday. He spoke at an afternoon prayer service honoring the 58 victims killed last Sunday in the worst mass shooting in modern US history.
The vice president was scheduled to fly to Indianapolis to attend Sunday's Colts football game before jetting to Los Angeles for a private 6:30 pm reception.
That was one of several stops Pence originally had planned for September. A breakfast event in Bakersfield and a Sacramento dinner also were cancelled because the vice president instead visited Florida to survey damage from Hurricane Irma.
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The White House and Pence's office did not immediately confirm whether he would visit Sacramento and the agricultural Central Valley, where McCarthy's district is located, on this trip.
California also has firmly opposed the administration's immigration policies. Gov Jerry Brown signed sanctuary state legislation Thursday that extends protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally.
But California also has several Republican Congress members who are Democratic targets.
Pence's visit, which would focus on pockets of conservatism in the huge state, could raise millions of dollars for the GOP.
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