A Hauser High School graduate serving as an Indiana state FFA officer got an early birthday present in Washington D.C. — a chance to chat with Vice President Mike Pence.
Natalie Taylor, who turns 19 on Wednesday, was in the room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday when Pence arrived to formally declare Tuesday as National Ag Day before a crowd of young people representing FFA, 4-H and other agriculture-related occupational organizations.
Taylor is Indiana’s state reporter, informing the public about FFA-related events in Indiana and updating all Indiana FFA social media accounts. She’s probably got a few more followers on her own social media after Pence shrugged away a security officer and invited Taylor to take a selfie with him on her cell phone, even after the officer had said there would be no individual photos with the vice president at the event.
“It’s OK, she’s from Indiana,” Pence said to the security detail, smiling in the crowded room as he took the photo with Taylor.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
