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groundloop

(11,489 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:02 PM Jul 2020

Wisconsin college distances itself from Pence campaign stop

Source: ABC News

MADISON, Wis. -- A small Wisconsin liberal arts college hosting a campaign visit by Vice President Mike Pence told Pence that he and everyone attending his speech inside a campus building must wear a mask and maintain a 6-foot distance between one another, in accordance with the college's protocols for slowing the coronavirus.

The president of Ripon College also distanced the private school from the closed-door event on Friday, saying in an email to the campus community that there was a “mixed response” to the news of Pence's visit and that the school wasn't organizing the event but was merely renting a room to the campaign.

Pence's campaign staff did not immediately respond to questions about whether Pence would wear a mask and abide by the protocols as requested. Pence last month encouraged the wearing of a mask, and he wore one at a Louisiana campaign stop earlier this week before taking it off to give his speech. Pence didn't consistently wear masks earlier this year, drawing criticism following a stop at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

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Messitte said that the college only allowed Pence to rent space at an undisclosed indoor campus location "provided that the college’s rules regarding social distancing and masking were followed.” Those rules discourage anyone from entering a campus building with symptoms of the virus, including fever, and requires everyone in a campus building to wear a mask and keep 6-feet away from others.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/wisconsin-college-distances-pence-campaign-stop-71822374?cid=clicksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed



It's pretty damned sad when news stories have to speculate about whether or not a high government official will wear a mask in the middle of a pandemic.
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Wisconsin college distances itself from Pence campaign stop (Original Post) groundloop Jul 2020 OP
'there was a "mixed response"...' Mike 03 Jul 2020 #1
Ripon College sits in the birthplace of the Republican Party. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #2
But WELCOME TO WISCONSIN, MR PENCE! yellowcanine Jul 2020 #3
Before I even opened the post, I KNEW it was Ripon College. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2020 #4

LakeArenal

(28,735 posts)
2. Ripon College sits in the birthplace of the Republican Party.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:18 PM
Jul 2020

Green Lake County is totally gerrymandered.

If you are losing Ripon.... Joe Biden has it in Wisconsin.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,310 posts)
4. Before I even opened the post, I KNEW it was Ripon College.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 07:51 PM
Jul 2020

This is the college, or so the story goes, that threw out Harrison Ford. I don't know what he did to deserve this, however.

And the town of Ripon is my birthplace. My father was teaching at Ripon College at the time, until he got drafted into the Army as part of the war effort.

It's a beautiful little town!

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