The Belgian VP was clowning.
Now I get why Pence didn’t want to wear a mask. https://t.co/7auMw4pToF
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) May 2, 2020
The American ‘VP’ is clownish:
people always say that pets and their owners start to resemble each other eventually https://t.co/IoCKBfsC54
— local jack please ban the nazis person (@pleizar) April 29, 2020
Dave Barry, back in the day, had some great routines about dog owners who claimed their beloved pets were ‘loyal’ as a euphemism for ‘extremely, egregiously stupid’. Vice President Pence is that joke, in almost-human form.
Why does the patient here have the same yellow arm band and the same ID as the Vice President's staffers? pic.twitter.com/MYkGY3KrQR
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 28, 2020
Most complete explanation (plus additional patient behind). https://t.co/b6PNgDJoof
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 28, 2020
It’s by far the best job Pence will ever have, and even he’s aware he never deserved it. Per Vanity Fair:
…Trump tweeted on February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA….Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” The market plunged nearly 900 points the next day. Trump called Azar and screamed that the CDC was alarming people. “It’s a little bit like the flu,” Trump assured reporters at the White House.
The same day, Trump finally pushed Azar aside and put vice president Mike Pence in charge of the White House’s coronavirus task force. According to a source, Trump had considered other candidates—former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Birx, and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb—but he told people that bringing in a credentialed outsider would signal a larger concern about the virus. “It’s going to make the issue bigger than it needs to be,” he said to an adviser. He also knew that Pence could be controlled. “Trump trusts Pence almost more than anyone,” a former White House official said. In the West Wing, Trump often belittles Pence in front of others. “Pence lives in mortal fear of being booted off the ticket. Trump constantly reminds Mike that he almost didn’t choose him,” a Republican that heard Trump make the comments told me…
All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly. https://t.co/LFqh27LusD
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 30, 2020
Mayo Clinic employee:
1/ To be clear, there is no “He said, she said.”
There is only “He lied.”
A very brief thread with receipts
Disclaimer: I had no involvement with this event whatsoever. I’m not an official spokesperson, but I believe in correcting lies with facts. I am an employee. https://t.co/NGTYbBvjaT
— Nusheen Ameenuddin MD MPH MPA FAAP??????????? (@namd4kids) April 30, 2020
UPDATE: Voice of America eporter who called B.S. on Mike Pence’s mask explanation is banned from making further trips with @VP.
Veep’s office said ban might be lifted if news organization apologizes.https://t.co/mS06fcxb3R— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 2, 2020
To reiterate: Mike Pence is an idiot. A dangerous idiot, like the man he serves.
“Pence is a law-abiding and rule-obeying type of person.” https://t.co/6Q0LqwvG3z pic.twitter.com/qEcYPfgHiR
— Justin Tiehen (@jttiehen) April 28, 2020
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