Pence team agrees to allow plexiglass barrier near him at VP debate after back-and-forth over Covid
Source: CNN
Full Headline: Pence team agrees to allow plexiglass barrier near him at VP debate after back-and-forth over Covid precautions
(CNN)Mike Pence's team agreed Tuesday night to allow the Commission on Presidential Debates to erect a plexiglass barrier near the vice president for Wednesday's debate in Salt Lake City, a Pence aide and commission member told CNN, bringing an end for now the negotiations over coronavirus safety precautions around the contest.
Pence's team made clear throughout the week that they thought putting any plexiglass barriers near the vice president was unnecessary and that they opposed such a move. Sen. Kamala Harris' team, however, wanted the plexiglass barriers, in part, because of the ongoing spread of coronavirus inside the White House and the fact that Pence attended a Rose Garden event over a week ago that may have been the genesis of the spread. Pence has since repeatedly tested negative for the virus.
"We have inquired as to the medical or scientific need for a plexiglass barrier when two times the (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) distancing guidance has been implemented," said a Pence aide. "But most importantly the Vice President is looking forward to having a conversation about the marked shift left that Joe Biden wants to take this country, so we are not going to let a barrier prevent the Vice President from making the case for four more years of Donald Trump."
Physical barriers like plexiglass are typically recommended when social distancing cannot be maintained. The candidates will be separated by 12 feet on stage. Masks are considered the best defense against both droplet and aerosolized transmission of the virus.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/plexiglass-vp-debate/index.html
Pence blinked. Harris wins the first round!!
underpants
(182,279 posts)Like a blinking HE SCREWED UP sign constantly going off.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)magicarpet
(13,941 posts)Real men like to be spit on and splashed with copious amounts of saliva even if Covid cooties laden.
You will never witness a manly man carrying an umbrella in the rain,.. it just ain't super hypo macho. Only pinko Dems would use an umbrella.
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)Using a safety issue to take political potshots.
While all along, he's the one endangering everyone's health.
Get lost, Pence.
uncle ray
(3,153 posts)MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Somewhat vague. How will he spin it?
JI7
(89,182 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,232 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)for the upcoming debate, were pathetic. I've seen better plexi screens at local hardware or liquor stores.
Just nuts.