Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday accused Vice President Pence of "selling out the Constitution" to financially benefit President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE following the vice president's stay at one of Trump's properties in Ireland.

Pelosi argued in a statement that Pence was just the "latest Republican elected official to enable President Trump’s violations of the Constitution," saying that that American people deserved better from its government.

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"Vice President Pence promised that their Administration would defend the Constitution and stand by a 'strict constructionist' interpretation of the Constitution," she said. "Instead the Trump-Pence Administration is ignoring the text itself and selling out the Constitution to line Trump’s pockets."

She added that Trump's properties were a "cesspool of corruption" and a "black hole for tax payers' money."

The White House has faced mounting scrutiny from Democrats over Pence's stay at the Trump property in Doonberg, Ireland, earlier this week despite the property being about 180 miles away from Dublin, where his meetings with Irish leaders took place.

Pence stayed at Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Doonbeg on both Monday and Tuesday night.

Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, told reporters on Tuesday that Trump had not requested or directed Pence to stay at his property earlier this week, but noted that he suggested it. Short also noted that Pence's family originally hails from Doonbeg.

"I don't think it was a request, like a command,” Short said of Trump. “I think that it was a suggestion."

The vice president's office later attempted to distance itself from the statement, saying that "at no time did the president direct our office to stay at his Doonbeg resort and any reporting to the contrary is false."

Trump on Wednesday also denied any involvement in the decision-making, saying from the White House that "it wasn’t my idea for Mike to go there."

"Mike went there because his family’s there. That’s my understanding of it," he said.

Asked if he suggested that Pence stay at his resort, Trump said that he doesn't "suggest anything."

Multiple Democrats have voiced outrage over Pence's stay at the Trump property. Rep. Ted Lieu Ted W. LieuThe spin on Woodward's tapes reveals the hypocrisy of Democrats Larry Kudlow defends response to coronavirus: Trump 'led wisely' Lieu on Trump 'playing it down' on coronavirus: 'This is reckless homicide' MORE (D-Calif.), for example, accused Pence of “funneling taxpayer money” to Trump.