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Pet owners were incensed after a December 2017 profile of Vice President Mike Pence included an anecdote that purportedly revealed an insult from President Donald Trump. According to The Atlantic's story: Pence's rabbit, Marlon Bundo, is the subject of its own Instagram account. Their cat, Pickle, died in December. We contacted the White House seeking comment. Pence's press secretary, Alyssa Farah, has previously denied a separate allegation in the story — that Pence had allegedly sent Trump a letter saying he needed to decide whether to remain his running mate after the footage surfaced and also talked to the Republican National Committee about stepping in as the party's presidential nominee. She wrote on Twitter: The anecdote concerning Trump's alleged disgust, however, was picked up by several news outlets who featured pet owners criticizing Trump (who owns no pets) for allegedly mocking Pence. One Twitter user wrote: The Atlantic story was not the first to allege that the president has disrespected the former Indiana governor. In October 2017, the New Yorker reported — citing anonymous sources — that Trump poked fun at Pence for other reasons:
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