Sanders Blasts Pence: He Tried To “Pray Away” HIV

The Hill reports:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s appointment of Vice President Pence as point man on the coronavirus outbreak.

Sanders noted 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.

Sanders embedded a clip of Azar, under questioning from Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), saying “we would want to make sure that we worked to make” a vaccine affordable to anyone in need of it, “but we can’t control that price, because we need the private sector to invest.”

Trump’s plan for the coronavirus so far:

-Cut winter heating assistance for the poor
-Have VP Pence, who wanted to “pray away” HIV epidemic, oversee the response
-Let ex-pharma lobbyist Alex Azar refuse to guarantee affordable vaccines to all

Disgusting. pic.twitter.com/98HVjUVY8C

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 27, 2020