WHITE HOUSE Trump puts Pence in charge of coronavirus response

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump appointed his Vice President Mike Pence to lead a task force to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Speaking during a news conference, Trump cited Pence’s experience as governor of Indiana as qualifying him to spearhead the growing threat of the global outbreak. The White House had been weighing the appointment of a coronavirus czar in the lead up of the announcement.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/26/trump-puts-pence-in-charge-of-coronavirus-response-117790

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Just to review, someone who can’t be ina room alone with a female Doctor.

[underpants]

1. Jared is busy?

[msongs]

2. its the thoughts and prayers vaccine nt

[guillaumeb]

3. So Pence can be blamed when the pandemic spreads here.

It makes perfect sense.

[samnsara]

4. does obama or either of the clintons have a website with accurate info about the virus..?

[reACTIONary]

22. You can trust the CDC....

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html

[napi21]

5. That's one way to have someone tto blame if something goes wrong. Sure won't be DT! n/t

[lark]

29. You beat me to it, I totally agree that this is a set-up.

He's mad at Pence, thinks he's not sufficiently servile and has maybe been talking to others behind his back & wants his job so is setting him up to be fired for incompetence if this explodes.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. wouldn't that be Pence's first response, ever, about anything?

we watched Edward Scissorhands last night. That ghostly white face....was thinking Pence is what happens when Edward becomes an old man.

I still don't believe Pence is alive.

[Leghorn21]

7. In other words,

***“YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN, AMERICA”***

Yeah, we knew that already, thanks for nothing LOSERS

[Magoo48]

30. Yes, and please put on a sunny face, we don't want the stock market too terribly impacted.

Now, repeat after me: All is well; Pence has got this. That’s it! MAGA, MAGA.

[Bengus81]

8. Now he's turned the whole thing into another rally.........

Me,the stock market,it will explode after I'm re-elected. Bashing Pelosi and Schummer. I turned the SHIT off.

[Maeve]

9. So we'll have the bland leading the blind eom

[Still Sensible]

10. A clusterfuck of historic proportions is likely. n/t

[procon]

11. What's he going to do, organize more prayer circles?

It's like the blind leading the blind. I feel ever so relieved to know that yet another incompetent Trump sycophant is in charge of a serious public health epidemic.

[riversedge]

12. Apparently Azar is out after letting us all know that the Trump administration has no plans to make

Trump explained the AZAR had other things on his plate--like reducing drug prices. etc etc



Sarah Reese Jones
@PoliticusSarah
Apparently Azar is out after letting us all know that the Trump administration has no plans to make the vaccine affordable for everyone.

Now Mike Pence, who thinks prayer is healthcare science, is in charge. Yes, the Pence who enabled state’s largest HIV outbreak as Gov.

Link to tweet

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[LizBeth]

13. Answer: Pray it away.

[riversedge]

14. Mike Pence's Defining Moment As Governor? Enabling An HIV Outbreak

Link to tweet

?s=20


Wellness

Mike Pence's Defining Moment As Governor? Enabling An HIV Outbreak


Here's what to do if you want to create a public health crisis.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-indiana-hiv_n_57f53b9be4b002a7312022ef




By Erin Schumaker


10/05/2016 06:52pm EDT | Updated October 6, 2016



Gov. Mike Pence's (R) public health record in his home state of Indiana left a lot to be desired.
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Gov. Mike Pence's (R) public health record in his home state of Indiana left a lot to be desired.

With the exception of a brief detour into Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s (R) anti-abortion beliefs during the vice presidential debate on Oct. 4, the night centered around foreign policy, not public health.

It’s a shame, since lackluster public health efforts are what led to the defining moment of Pence’s one-term Indiana governorship: a massive HIV outbreak spurred by public health funding cuts and Pence’s moralistic stance against needle exchanges.

A timeline of the HIV outbreak, the worst in state history, reads like a roadmap of what to do if you want to create a public health crisis.
Pence slashed state health spending.

Pence first laid the groundwork for Indiana’s HIV outbreak as a congressman back in 2011, when the House passed his amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. Then in 2013, Pence’s first year as governor of Indiana, Scott County’s one Planned Parenthood closed in the wake of public health spending cuts. Since that particular Planned Parenthood was also the county’s only HIV testing center, there was no longer a place for the county’s 24,000 residents to get tested.......................................

[Maxheader]

15. Being guvnor in a winger state..

Must turn them into scientists and purveyors of black magic...or maybe they just pray really hard no one gets sick...

[truthisfreedom]

16. Good to know that mother is looking after us.

[jmbar2]

17. On the bright side...

With Pence leading the fight against COVID, a whole bunch of folks will finally achieve their dream of getting raptured.

[Retrograde]

18. We're doomed

Are we supposed to pray away the virus?

[uppityperson]

19. Wtf

[Skittles]

20. I bet Pence is shitting bricks

yup

[LuvLoogie]

21. LOL! trump is such a weak punk! "Pence is the face of my fuck ups."

And these MAGAts row that skuttled hull like it's the fucking Queen Mary.

[BlueIdaho]

23. Mr. EndTimes?

Fatso put and evangelical end times guy in charge of pandemic preparedness? Well, that just fucking perfect...

[Kablooie]

24. Whew! What a relief. Now I know we're safe.

[christx30]

25. So when the virus hits blue states,

it’s God’s well. He and Mother will pray for the lost, but do jack all to help.

[Hassler]

26. Oh boy, Dense is on it. Maybe Mother can help

[LudwigPastorius]

27. Let's all Pray the Virus Away!

We're fucked.

[NurseJackie]

28. He's a cardboard cutout.