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Uncle Joe

(58,112 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 10:28 AM Feb 2020

Sanders rips Pence: His last response to an epidemic was to 'pray' it away



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s appointment of Vice President Pence as point man on the coronavirus outbreak, noting the HIV outbreak that occurred during Pence’s tenure as governor of Indiana as well as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s refusal to promise that a coronavirus vaccine would be affordable to all.

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Pence faced widespread criticism as governor of Indiana following an HIV outbreak in Scott County led to more than 200 cases in 2015 after Pence and GOP state lawmakers defunded Planned Parenthood, which was one of the primary vectors of HIV testing in the county.

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The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that for the first time since the outbreak began in December, more new cases were being reported outside of China than in it.


https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/484900-sanders-rips-pence-his-last-response-to-an-epidemic-was-to-pray-it-away

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Sanders rips Pence: His last response to an epidemic was to 'pray' it away (Original Post) Uncle Joe Feb 2020 OP
Good, rip him Bernie Mike 03 Feb 2020 #1
Tell it like it is, Bernie. Jirel Feb 2020 #2
I'm appalled at this attack on the Power Of Prayer. Every day I pray for tRUMP, tupPENCE abqtommy Feb 2020 #3
 

Mike 03

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1. Good, rip him Bernie
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 10:35 AM
Feb 2020

This crucial vaccine affordability issue is perfect for Bernie and Warren, it is emblematic of their social injustice themes. It is so outrageous--I hope this becomes a central issue because it is so symbolic of where we've come as a society.

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Jirel

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2. Tell it like it is, Bernie.
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:31 AM
Feb 2020

We can not afford another set of bumbling religious bigots handling a pandemic.

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abqtommy

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3. I'm appalled at this attack on the Power Of Prayer. Every day I pray for tRUMP, tupPENCE
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 12:12 PM
Feb 2020

and their cohort to be mightily defeated. Amen. Get out and vote, that's all she wrote...

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