Subject: Out of town pool report #8: Motorcading to fundraiser site
Osprey touched down at San Diego International Airport at 11:55 and Marine One was spotted rolling to a stop on the tarmac at noon.
Pool was then ushered into vans and the motorcade is rolling at 12:05 p.m. for the US Grant Hotel, where the president has a lunch event.
Subject: Out of town pool report #9: Hotel arrival
Motorcade pulled up to the US Grant Hotel at 12:14. Your pooler did not see POTUS enter the building.
There were numerous onlookers along the route, many of whom had their phones out. One individual held a small piece of cardboard up with the letter “Q” written on it. Another woman had a full-sized cardboard cut out of the president.
There was a large gathering at the end of the street past the hotel, but your pooler could not definitively make out whether these were protesters.
Pool will be holding in a conference room here during the president’s fundraising event, which is closed press.
Your pooler has asked the White House for details on today’s fundraising events and will pass them along as soon as I get them.