Vice President Pence holds a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday.Vice President Pence holds a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday.The White House Coronavirus Task Force renewed calls for vigilance on Friday, acknowledging rising cases across Southern states and in parts of California.
"We're in a much better place," Pence said. But he urged young people to take precautions to avoid spreading the disease to more vulnerable people. The group's first briefing in weeks, held at the Department of Health and Human Services rather than at the White House, comes as states move ahead with reopening.
God he is such A douche.
This guy is as bad if not worse than Trump...he hides behind the Constitution, instead of being upfront and telling the public what safety, their safety and the safety of their fellow citizens is a priory. Once again he's bending his knee to kiss the shoe of Trump!!
Npr why are you so biased?
Try vote by mail to participate in the process.
Asshole
The grim reaper
I guess Anericans do have the right to be selfish, irresponsible and rebels without a cause.
Those lies matter!! Trumpliesmatter
Freedom of speech, unless Trump wants a photo op with a Bible, in high case we send in our armed forces and blow those m-f-ers out of the way.
Meanwhile, they're severely reducing the number of polling places for elections which does NOT create situations where people can participate in the political process. Quite the opposite.
not exactly secret service / stadium employees/ news people / uber/taxi/restaurants /gas stations visited after the .....hospitals /family members who didn't attend why trump/ pence can't see .....
That sigh while he mustered his fake answer. Even Mike Pence is exhausted with all the lying.
He’s been practicing his Ronald Reagan impression.
Mike Pence makes me sick
Please ask protest/riot organizers the same
He should audition for the one of the clones in Agents of Shield. He’d probably be more successful as that kind of actor.
Hello Yes, we do forfeit our rights when there is a pandemic! And protesting...didn’t protesters get tear gassed in front of the White House? Do we have a right not to be gassed by the government for a photo op?
Pence has the IQ of a door hinge and the ethics of a lamprey. realDonaldTrump GOP GOPChairwoman GOPLeader HouseGOP SenateGOP
He has no conscience?
they’re spreading death and disease. period.
Pense made a lot of excuses and talked in circles!! If he has a grain of sense he knows he and Trump are totally giving people a chance to do something stupid because it makes them like the president so they think!! It is dangerous and irresponsible and typical Trump!!
Look at his blink rate. He’s lying.
Oh he did not as his first line invoke freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble!!! That’s rich coming from an administration that has sent in the national guard to squash both free speech and peaceful assemblies recently. 🙄😡
Pence is such a small minded guy.
We all need to wear a mask. Period.
a-hole
That’s no answer.
Mike Pences face expression gives away a lot untold agonies.. I think he knows they are doomed.
It makes me ill that he wraps himself in the mantle of freedom, as he lies to us about the progress of the pandemic. Is he stupid, or does he just think we are?
Pence is trumps bitch!
Asked whether the PROTESTS contradicted health officials recommendations .... Democrats said .....oh wait they were not asked and they encouraged it along with the MSM.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if Pence was pro choice in the ways that mattered
But suppressing votes in states like GA so they can’t participate in the political process. Change is coming and you and your blind followers will be left behind....on the wrong side of history again.
'Participate?!' THE AMERICA TREASON PARTY PREVENTS BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE FROM VOTING! That is on top of the 1.4:1 Gerrymandering handicap for non-Republican Party candidates. If every USA citizen were allowed to vote there would be no Republican Party.
LMAO the same NPR that celebrates mass protests rioting and looting. defund this partisan, biased trash
What a total ass. There’s no contradiction between letting people choose, and advising them of the RISKS associated with their choices... and MODELING smart behavior.
What a bs answer
Disgusting
don-the-con trump is NOT: lawyer, Christian, Republican, teacher, brave, compassionate, minister, MD, x-military, CFA, historian, patriot, literate, CPA, diplomat, honest, TAX PAYER, chemist, trustworthy, farmer, FAITHFUL husband, law& order president, psychologist, PHD, physic.
The only reason wearing masks have become a political issue is because our pretend president and his side kick have made it so. What is their real goal here? It's not to protect the health of the people but to promote themselves & if people die will that's ok, collateral damage?
Thank you President Trump, and thank you VP Pence. NPR, we know what you are.
Did the protests/riots contradict warnings? Is our leftist media now picking speech they like over speech they don’t?
JUST. SAY. YOU. WERE. WRONG. FOR. ONCE.
Why do you reporters always allow people like him to spew this nonsense unchallenged? Why no point out that just because you CAN do something doesnt mean you SHOULD?
Duhhhhhhhhhhhh......
Re-watch V for Vendetta and realize the fictional eugenicist authoritarian English government's horrific virus attacks on its own territory killed fewer people than Covid-19 AKA Trump Virus has killed in the United States. TrumpVirus
Moronic response
People get to 'choose?' Sounds like liberty and freedom to me. When the government 'imposes,' that's when you need to protect your freedoms and liberty. I keep waiting for a democrat to use the words 'liberty' and 'freedom' in a complete sentence.
Mike_Pence VP pray for forgiveness. 'So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth' Rev. 3:16 (KJV). STAND FOR SOMETHING!
None of you cared about this during the protests. You’re all despicable.
Freedom of Speech and Peaceful Assembly is only important for Rs and Cons when THEY need it. If it's such a sacred cow to him and Drumpf then why did they gas attack the peaceful protesters in Lafayette park?
Participating in a political rally occurs by individual choice. Just like a protest, a rally is an important for of political expression. No one is made to go to a rally, nor a protest. There is no story here.
Then why refuse people the right to vote by mail? If you want them to participate, wouldn't that be a great way to increase participation, decrease costs, and protect people during the pandemic?
Freedom has nothing to do with following health guidelines. Stay home and wear the damn mask if you have to go out.
Blah blah blah freedom of speech that’s all he had to say they’re going to find themselves unemployed soon!!!
Coward!
Stupid answer
I don’t understand. A large portion of realDonaldTrump base is at a higher risk of hospitalization from COVID-19. Are they trying to kill their supporters?
Making voting more difficult. Attending a rally. Which is promoting participation in the political process?
Wearing a mask is not an infringement of constitutional rights. It's the basic definition of being a kind and compassionate human being. Politics, religion, race are non-factors...just be a human and maskup
If people can choose to risk their lives and protest than people can decide to risk their lives to go to a presidential rally..
“We are creating settings where people can choose to participate in the death process” Mike Pence
Best reporter question and follow up.
Cool,Mike_Pence - now do that in every state by supporting mail in voting, additional poling places and a Federal voting holiday. Lot of people would like to SAFELY participate in the political process. Thanks. WearAMask
vp you are head of coronavirus task force how can stand there and justify spreading a virus and nullifying what the science is telling you.
trumpvirus 45isabagofshit guillotine2020
He’s a bot. There’s no humanity there.
Pence won’t mention BLM because he doesn’t believe in all lives matter either and the sanctity of life.
Just like protests - so no more bitching and whining about protestors VP
VP you are a joke. You lie and lie and lie again. You keep killing people with your lies. Hope you have terrible nightmares.
He's blinking a lot
how ‘bout it, infinite_scream?
Where was that freedom of speech when folks were getting gassed in Lafayette park?
Pence is doing political double speak. We need to drain the swamp.
Oh, like increasing access to voting by mail.
In other words...do as I say, not as I do.
Can't stand his hair.. worse than Biden, slightly better than Trump's. DYE IT DUDE. Colonel Sanders is the only one that pull off with white hair.
Choose to participate in political process at great risk to American lives. No one is forfeiting the Constitution. We are asking people to WEAR MASKS
Mr Pence I want to remind you of your Oath to US and God to :
So apologitic , makes me sick
😂😂shameless sycophant But since you assured us that you had it under control, that it would soon go away magically, that we only had 15 cases and would soon go down to 1 or 2, Covid-19 never got here and churches are still full in the South!
There can be only one explanation for Trump/Pence aggressive support for not wearing masks - for little concern for of deaths or for the world reaction to our failure ... They WANT death and chaos come the fall
How about vote by mail since you’re so concerned about ‘participation’? Ending Gerrymandering might be worth a look too.
Why ask questions like this? They’re never going to admit their hypocrisy.
So, the rallies contradict the recommended guidelines set forth by the medical community...
NPR so boring and predictable:
Trump’s maskless indoor rallies during the pandemic amount to potential suicide and homicide—not covered under the 1st Amendment.
Public Health is subject to political agendas? No wonder so many are dead. Shame on you Mr. Pence. Mike_Pence VP
Nothing he said was wrong.
Great FALSE christian. Everything he say is li le Satan, lie after lie.
Pence the Puppet!
gut this fish Send a message to repressive and elitists leaders by charging Trump with CrimesAgainstHumanity
Perfect political response.
Another stupid answer. He's batting 1,000.
They only held a rally because trumpy dumpy needed to massage his ego! He is a disgrace! VoteTrumpOut
Set an example for community health.
VP realDonaldTrump Congrats 2 both 4 avoiding the surge in COVID cases to hide the incompetent leadership then and now. Worst COVID management in the world except for Brazil also a pandemic denier MADDI (More Americans Dead by Donald Ignorance) JoeBiden SpeakerPelosi
Why everyone look so unhappy . When they have to diver Trump bull shit.
The Banal face of Pure Evil.
JC, he is painfully stiff...
Why no wear mask at the rallies? They are not giving speeches? Remember. It’s to help others.
That’s kinda like leaving a giant crate of loaded firearms in football stadium, and citing the Second Amendment in defending how “responsible” it’d be to do so.
The VP usually looks like he swallowed something distasteful. He must really dislike public speaking.
If VP were doing a press briefing concerning his or anyone daughter being raped, here's what he'd say, 'Well, let's look at the bright side, she didn't get an STD and it looks like she won't get pregnant, so where's the harm?' Pence is pure evil masquerading as a Christian
I guess we can all walk around naked as well.
Assembling like this is dangerously irresponsible. Freedom without responsibility degenerates into arbitrariness. Situations like this are why the U.S. needs to supplement the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast with a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.
Trump and Pence are the PROBLEM!
vp when choosing not to wear a mask endangers the health of others, that's irresponsible. Masks protect others, ask the experts on your task force and listen to their answer.
Mr. Pence, your excuses for this irresponsible lack of encouraging basic protection for the health of your constituents harkens back to a horribly bungled health crisis in IN when you were governor. How many more deaths do you want to be responsible for?
Pence is full of it.
it's all about the campaign for them VP
Pence is the biggest pu**y Trump has ever grabbed 🤡
VP you cannot lump the safety f our country into a constitutional right! That’s a red herring. We don’t have to give up our rights to stay safe. It is an American value to care and help each other In times of crisis. What you’re saying is unamerican.
But enough about National Mail In Ballots
IDIOT
The chair of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, ladies and gentlemen. Isn't he funny? He'll be back.
Nuthin that a little swig of Clorox can't take care of!
I wonder how he feels about first amendment rights in a crowded movie theater.
PROPAGANDA
Now look what you did Mr VP. Stood up there and lied over and over so now the stock market drops. Your boss might fire your butt.
Does Pence look, sound, & smell like a guy who suspects that DJ Trump is about to make an exit? Pence would have once relished the idea but, taking over before November 2020 probably scares him shitless.
DURRRR tha Constutushun DURRRR
While suppressing the political process that opposes Trump.
He's such a good Stepford wife.
a non-answer.
This DB thinks he is anointed by god to be president , so...
So yes, they are creating a setting that contradicts health officials warnings against large gathers. He answered the question and said YES.
I hear you. But I’m gonna believe the doctors
Mike Dense
🤮🤮🤮🤮
Tulsa was a mess. Hurt Republicans as head in the sand pinheads. So lets use masks, if only to please the natives. Better gain mask than lose the WH. That is what is at stake. VP TuckerCarlson
He also says, “continue to disinfect”. WITH WHAT? You can’t find ANY Lysol or Clorox items ANYWHERE!
We are creating settings where people will most certainly die. But it's worth it. There. Fixed it for you.
Yes you are creating......
Idiot.
“Freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the... And even in a health crisis the American people don’t forfeit our constitutional right.” Oh but setting a curfew and teargassing those that protest past hours is constitutional? Make that make sense.
A politician...that’s right dance around the question. You’re definitely not a good one.
Those pesky facts...hard to make up answers. PenceLies COVID19 CoronaVirusTaskForce TrumpLiesPeopleDie TrumpOut2020 NovemberIsComing VoteTrumpOut VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare SaveOurRepublic
Just say it: “realDonaldTrump demanded it, and I’m too chicken shit to call him out for it.” The longer he plays along with Trump, the more he sinks his political career. His and the rest of the GOP’s. VoteOutTheGOP
clearly caught praying for Biden's inaugur.
You think so? Get exposed to TB and be infectious and see where your rights go. The Department of Health can quarantine you and make you wear masks to protect society. They can force you to take medication and watch while you take it and they can prosecute you if refuse.
Just think of it as a protest and you’ll be good with it.
But I bet he has a tin hat in the back.
'Freedom of Speech' only applies when they for them and people who want to hear their Ramp stories. Not for peaceful protestors.
The Coronavirus doesn't care if Americans choose individual rights over the collective. That is why the selfishness of the individual corrupts the collective needs of the many. They don't get it. Enjoy a rampaging virus for many years.
You can still participate! No need for the fricking North American Nuremberg incubators. Media needs to report that those folks spend hours in those indoor spaces, virus circulating. If you need to genuflect to Trump, do it virtually.
He had trouble spinning that one.
Such wanton disregard for his fellow man. And he calls himself a Christian.
Great pivot on the response! Although they are still not helping the issue of CV-19.
Hypocrite
.VP is such a fool!
How long before the trump administration will be sued for killing someone? Not all of their followers are signing away their legal rights are they? People trust them(sadly) and see them not wearing masks or demanding it. People will die from this bad advice or have already.
Hate rallies are part of our political process now? Got it. 🤦🏼♀️
Protests that turn into riots, looting, and destroyed businesses are okay, but a peaceful rally...not so much? Come on now!
using our first amendment right, while being aware of other’s safety.
It Seems that tRump has already grabbed .VP by his pussy
Man that reporter is my hero.
No, the Trump campaign is creating an attractive nuisance.
Translation - 'No, and we personally don't care. Everything we do is NOT to benefit you.' That's why they say, but not do.
It was a worthless question. That reporter should be ashamed of herself for taking up time with a partisan question. Has she asked the same question to mayors who allowed protests?
I wipe my Pence after taking a Trump.
We are creating settings where people can participate in the political process, too. And we're starting with mail-in ballots.
'We are creating settings where I can choose to avoid your question'
vinceoutlaw Spoken like a true asshole
In addition to being a horrible human being, Pence is as dumb as a post.
Way to highlight the most harmless part of this exchange. Npr is Moral Deadpan.
Did ask Democratic leadership about the riots and demonstrations that put people at risk of COVID? Nope. DefundNPR
Sold his soul...
Right to assemble and freedom of speech... good one!
How does freedom of speech encompass wearing a mask? You can speak through a mask.
Uh...and the protests?
Good Lord he is stupid beyond all measure. Wearing a mask is no more related to freedom of assembly and speech than wearing a seatbelt or not randomly firing a gun in the sky. Both of which are required by law and save lives.
This argument MIGHT work if this administration weren’t also actively spreading misinformation about the seriousness of the pandemic. You can’t claim it’s up to the individual to choose if you’re lying to them about the facts they need to make an informed choice.
The pro life party
Why would we expect any different from a man who said smoking doesn't kill?
Could have been a Zoom meeting
Ominous tone read in ”...people who choose to participate in the political process.” Vote to live. Not to die.
Thats like asking the media or liberals if Corona can spread during riots 🤷♂️
why no outrage for Tony Timpa. because it doesn't fit the fake narrative the left is trying to push. Tear down the media now!
Hmmm, did you have face masks available for those who did not have them. What you do is an example to others. Personally i would stay home. Too early for public stuff, especially political.
VP
Justifiable lying..
I feel sorry for you dude.
😶🤢🤮
He's not masking up. There's the real message.
How incredibly stupid. You know you could cause others to become ill or die but you invite them all to the same party because it's your 'right.' That how I would treat my 'friends.'
His lips are so tight, I can’t read them!
I wonder if he’ll wear a mask on his upcoming COVID19Tour? Oh wait, he’s covered in Jesus’ blood. What was I thinking 🙄 WearAMask
In order to be apart of a political process you need to go to a virus infested rally where masks are not required? Maybe people could have participated in the “political process” easier if we had actually quarantined for more than 1 month in most states...
his perplexed facial expression as he wonders how the reporter escaped the administration's efforts at brainwashing. 'good counsel'? right, like taking hydrochloroxine?
You participate in the political process by voting. An in person rally in the middle of a pandemic is just foolish and dangerous. They could have done that 💩virtually. They wanted to use their supporters as guinea pigs
This guy is horrible. What state elected him into office?
Why cant people do virtual rallies, just stream it....
What a joke
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