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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Apr 19, 2020, 02:31 PM Apr 2020

Pence Ducks and Dodges When Grilled on Trump's 'Liberate' Tweets

Vice President Mike Pence deflected and pivoted when repeatedly pressed on the Sunday news shows on President Donald Trump’s “liberate” tweets seemingly inciting civil unrest against states implementing social distancing guidelines—the very same practices that the Trump administration has itself recommended.

A day after announcing a three-phase map for states to gradually reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, the president rage-tweeted on Friday, calling for three states—all swing states with Democratic governors—to be liberated. Trump would later defend his support for protests against stay-at-home orders, saying the protesters were “very responsible people.”

Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace immediately confronted Pence on the growing anti-quarantine protests, asking him to personally weigh in while also noting that many of the participants were ignoring social distancing.

Pence, for the most part, swept that question aside in favor of generally praising the president’s handling of the pandemic before saying that Trump now wants to get the country back to work.

“No one wants to reopen America more than President Donald Trump,” Pence said. “And what you see, I think, among millions of Americans who have been embracing those social distancing measures and making the sacrifices is they want their governors to find a way to responsibly and safely reopen their state economies.”

https://news.yahoo.com/pence-ducks-dodges-grilled-trump-153904473.html

Ass kisser extraordinaire.

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Pence Ducks and Dodges When Grilled on Trump's 'Liberate' Tweets (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
More like ass hole. But, what else can he do unless he wants to quit the job. Quitting the job... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #1
Only a mother could love him -- whatever that means... Blue Owl Apr 2020 #2
Just another Faux pas Apr 2020 #3

TreasonousBastard

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1. More like ass hole. But, what else can he do unless he wants to quit the job. Quitting the job...
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 02:46 PM
Apr 2020

should be an option, but few seem that interested.

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