‘Pence is lying’: Vice president’s coronavirus cleanup efforts backfire spectacularly
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March 12, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence made the rounds Thursday morning to clean up inaccuracies and other failures in President Donald Trump’s speech on the coronavirus crisis.
The president announced a travel ban involving some European countries, but Pence was unable to articulate the details of that policy and downplayed the risk from the viral pandemic in multiple interviews across a variety of TV networks.
Dear @VP: In this crisis, good policy is measured by whether it is clear & effective, not “historic.” Your former H… https://t.co/3T7yCZ3Dol— Ted Lieu (@Ted Lieu)1584017200.0
Pence just said on Fox: “The risk to Americans of contracting the virus remains low” & “We’ll have thousands of cas… https://t.co/MGXbuoI9SH— Jim Sciutto (@Jim Sciutto)1584012568.0
They sent the @VP to clean up after the train wreck of an Oval Office address this morning but he seemed flummoxed… https://t.co/qbkeA7U7hj— David Axelrod (@David Axelrod)1584013808.0
Pence is LYING right now on CNN about coronavirus testing!! He just said anyone who wanted a test could get one wit… https://t.co/GqOEVMqmAA— jacque reid (@jacque reid)1584013483.0
Savannah Guthrie just pinned Mike Pence to the wall by asking him what he would say to the people who believe COVID… https://t.co/lI3nu94iZo— BluedogDem BLM✍️(@🏠)😷 (@BluedogDem BLM✍️(@🏠)😷)1584011863.0
Savannah Guthrie handing Mike Pence his ass on a platter is a whooooooleass mood. #CoronavirusPandemic… https://t.co/fl0mBvWW58— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@Holly Figueroa O'Reilly)1584015145.0
@TiffanyDCross @janicesghost https://t.co/ziFZ7MMxio— slight (@slight)1584021625.0
While evading answers on infection rates and testing numbers, Pence blames China and Europe *and* singles out "Cali… https://t.co/VPJHcAuCUA— Adam Weinstein (@Adam Weinstein)1584016788.0
Hey @MikeBloomberg, are you working on a video that splices together Trump/Pence/admin/rightwing news lies with act… https://t.co/Ke5CODR1dn— Greg Olear (@Greg Olear)1584009008.0
What a freaking waste of time this Pence interview is. I give Savannah Guthrie credit for trying to get answers, bu… https://t.co/8c0tOCV7ew— Susan Whitehill (@Susan Whitehill)1584011506.0
TRUMP: Don't wash your hands. PENCE: The President was clear you should wash your hands. TRUMP: Everyone has a test… https://t.co/WMcMwHfwC1— JeremyNewberger (@JeremyNewberger)1584017067.0
So pretty sure Pence just slipped up in interview with Savannah Guthrie and referred to trump's recent comments abo… https://t.co/fk4fJViUsp— Maggie Flemming (@Maggie Flemming)1584013489.0
Q: In Feb, WHO sent CV test kits to 60 countries, but the US wanted to develop it's own - was that a mistake? Penc… https://t.co/aypcOvzOpP— Stacy 🌸🎶📚⚒💕♻️🦂🍫🍀🆘🌊 (@Stacy 🌸🎶📚⚒💕♻️🦂🍫🍀🆘🌊)1584020359.0
Pence said Thursday that there has been "irresponsible rhetoric" from people who have downplayed the seriousness of… https://t.co/PDt58v2PQJ— Tamela Ehlinger 🌐 (@Tamela Ehlinger 🌐)1584018099.0
Somehow, Mike Pence is worse at this than Trump. I made it through about half of the interview, and I don’t think h… https://t.co/QxwekV0Aep— ⚜️”Rob” Anderson for Louisiana (@⚜️”Rob” Anderson for Louisiana)1584018103.0
Vice President Mike Pence said this morning on CNN that there wasn't any confusion about the President's annoucemen… https://t.co/ailIiBtnXQ— Rachel Martin (@Rachel Martin)1584020195.0
Having trump in charge of the coronavirus for the U.S. is like having an arsonist in charge of a raging forest fire… https://t.co/9rglwdNt3a— THE ACCOUNTANT (@THE ACCOUNTANT)1584020299.0
Trump & Pence could restore market and public confidence by immediately resigning and allowing Nancy Pelosi to take… https://t.co/MdduzYGeYV— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@☇RiotWomenn☇)1584020725.0
How stupid are you, Mike Pence? Is there anything behind those eyes? https://t.co/L0KSZXG6X7— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Elizabeth de la Vega)1584016407.0
