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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Health experts question Pence campaigning as essential work
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Graham DeShazo
(Narrator Morgan Freeman) Mike Pence thought campaigning was essential work. Sadly, virtually nothing he did could be classified as “essential”.
Mickelicious
Scandalously irresponsible. Someone call the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force!
PTownsend
In the Trump era 'federal rules', like laws, are only for the peasants (harhar ohmy) NOT for the 'elite'.
Trump, his family and those in his admin have widened gaps between the 'elite' and the rest of the country more than any WH ever.
Graham DeShazo
Kamala was not a close contact unlike Mike. But she did come off the road until she had tested negative twice.
See? That’s called responsible behavior.
And these are known facts if one chooses to pay attention.
Toasted Heretic
How can this be known for certain? Is this an expert diagnosis?
Graham DeShazo
Mike met the definition for a close contact as he was massless for more than 15 min in. we close proximity of 6’ or less. Kamala did not. The infected person was on the plane but was never in proximity to her.
Oh those darned facts....
lincolnman
Isn't this interesting....
The Trump administration signaled on Sunday that it had given up on controlling the spread of the coronavirus, even as Covid-19 makes its second run through the White House, three in four Americans are concerned that they or someone they know will contract the disease, and millions of American families are suffering as negotiators struggle to clinch an elusive relief deal.
“We’re not going to control the pandemic,” White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/25/white-house-chief-of-staff-controlpandemic-432236
That sure doesn't sound like "we've done a great job", "we're rounding the corner" and "it's disappearing"...
Trump-word is self-imploding as the realization of defeat becomes ever more clearer...
ulysses
That doesn’t make sense considering they are doing the exact opposite.So Meadows is correct, trump has given up on Covid.
lincolnman
Just one more example of how desperate Trump-world is - they'll send Pence out to campaign even if it risks having more super-spreader events like the one at the Rose Garden....
There's a reason you haven't seen Mitch McConnell at any Trump campaign event...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/mcconnell-says-he-s-avoided-white-house-months-because-covid-n1242634
ulysses
Meadows was on CNN saying 'they will not control the pandemic'.
trump has done on Coronavirus what he did for his businesses, declare bankruptcy.
ulysses
trump and possibly pence will get the best of treatment worth millions while they go infect people who can barely pay for their next meal.
That’s what they GOP is , feeding off the poor from the Lap of luxury .
ulysses
Being trump's lapdog is not essential work!!
ulysses
What pence is doing is not just irresponsible it is criminal.
It takes a few days for an infected person to test positive, pence knowingly is putting people around him and at the rallies at risk!!
lincolnman
And besides Pence, we have more of Trump-world disregarding safety precautions and getting infected...
*Several big names at Fox News Channel have been advised to quarantine after a fellow passenger on a private charter flight from New York City to Nashville for the presidential debate tested positive for Covid, including Fox News Media President Jay Wallace, chief political anchor Bret Baier, anchor of “The Story” Martha MacCallum.*
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/just-in-fox-news-president-and-several-top-anchors-advised-to-quarantine-after-being-exposed-to-covid-on-flight-to-debate/ar-BB1anZdS
Wouldn't it be interesting of they all quarantine and Pence doesn't - I'd like to see Hannity, Carlson, or Ingraham explain that...of course they'd just say it's all Obama, Hillary, an Biden's fault...
Graham DeShazo
Not sick does not equal not contagious. Pence tested negative, it’s true. It’s also true that during the incubation period, a person can be infected and not YET have the viral load to test positive WHILE AT THD SAME TIME be shedding the virus. This is what happened with Chris Cuomo among a host of others
That’s why people exposed are advised by the CDC to quarantine for 14 days. Pence knows this. He’s in wanton violation if the guidance of his own Corona task force.
And no, campaigning for re-election is not essential work.
Hung Nguyen
How Pence can quarantine himself and does nothing at a time when his puppet master needs him most?
Blacklabel
Did you comment on Kamala Harris having to stay home when her staff tested positive?
Harris: ”are we in Cleveland?” Staff: “Yes, we are”
Harris: hello Cleveland!
Blacklabel
how did I know that statement wasnt the full statement, as usual?
“We’re not going to control the pandemic,” Meadows said during an interview on CNN. “We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigations.”
Blacklabel
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris both travelled on flights that carried someone who subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus, it emerged on Thursday.”
Blacklabel
Too bad. Pence is not sick.
He will be campaigning despite the noise from these new “experts”.