Vice President Pence Pays Visit To Atlanta On Friday

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to speak at the Loews Hotel in Midtown on Friday about the tax bill that was passed in December.

Alex Brandon / Associated Press

The Downtown Connector shuts down at 3:30 p.m. Friday as Vice President Mike Pence lands at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The connector will reopen at 4 p.m.

Pence is scheduled to speak at the Loews Hotel in Midtown about the tax bill that was passed in December.

He’s expected to be joined by Gov. Nathan Deal and a handful of other GOP elected representatives to laud the $1.3 trillion tax cut legislation.

Pence will then go to the Atlanta Hilton hotel downtown to headline the GOP’s annual fundraising Presidents’ Day Dinner. Patrons pay between $200 for entry up to $50,000 to sit at the vice president’s table. It sold out this year.

Pence is expected to leave Atlanta shortly after dinner.