Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday looked for to clean up confusion and send out Americans a combined message on the coronavirus pandemic by applauding President Donald Trump‘s action and vaguely slamming “some irresponsible rhetoric.”
In a series of morning television interviews, he made false claims and dodged essential concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and the federal government’s handling of the pandemic. He did not acknowledge that the president, his administration and his GOP allies have themselves been accountable for some of the incorrect info about the infection.
” Clearly, there’s been some reckless rhetoric, but the American individuals need to understand that President Trump has no greater concern than the health and wellness and wellness of individuals of this nation,” Pence told NBC’s “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie
When Guthrie asked Pence to set the record directly on some crucial facts about the pandemic, the vice president repeatedly promoted Trump’s “unmatched” announcement that he was prohibiting travel from Europe— while being unable to supply clear responses on the number of Americans could contract COVID-19 or the status of the federal government’s screening for the virus, which has actually consistently faced hold-ups.
” What do your specialists tell you the variety of contaminated Americans is most likely to be? I’m looking for a number if you have it.” – @savannahguthrie inquires about the coronavirus
” There will be thousands of more cases of coronavirus.” – @Mike_Pence
” Thousands or millions?” -Guthrie pic.twitter.com/G3TV2Hwnw6
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 12, 2020
The travel restriction announcement itself sowed confusion, with administrat