Tag Archives: Mike Pence

Pence Team Refuses Plexiglass Barrier At VP Debate

The Washington Post reports: Vice President Pence is requesting that no plexiglass dividers be placed on his side of the stage at Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate, after an announcement Monday by the Commission on Presidential Debates that dividers had been agreed to as a safety measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Marc Short, the vice president’s chief of …

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Mike Pence Spox Mocks VP Debate Safety Changes

Politico reports: The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved plans for plexiglass to be used in Wednesday’s vice presidential debate amid mounting concerns about coronavirus transmission, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The Pence and Harris teams have been negotiating the terms of the debate in recent days. Following Friday’s news that President Donald Trump had contracted Covid-19, …

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Biden Team Raises Safety Objection Over VP Debate

Politico reports: The Biden campaign has raised a health and safety objection with the Commission on Presidential Debates ahead of next week’s vice presidential match-up between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, arguing the two would not be spaced far enough apart to abide by medical guidelines. The two campaigns and the commission were negotiating the terms on Friday when the …

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Pence And Wife Have Tested Negative For COVID

CNBC reports: Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence have both tested negative for the coronavirus, Pence’s spokesman said Friday, hours after President Donald Trump announced he and the first lady tested positive. “As has been routine for months, Vice President Pence is tested for COVID-19 every day,” said Devin O’Malley, the vice president’s press secretary, in a …

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Mike Pence’s Daughter Launches Christian Podcast

Via press release: Edifi, a new Christian podcast app that produces powerful original shows and aggregates the best faith-inspiring podcasts, has launched an exciting show: “Doubting It.” “Doubting It” is hosted by Charlotte Pence Bond, author and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence. The show, which is part of The Edifi Podcast Network, masterfully explores …

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Mayor Pete Role-Plays As Pence In Harris Debate Prep

Bloomberg News reports: Kamala Harris’s team is working to manage public expectations that her upcoming debate with Vice President Mike Pence will present her with an easy opponent, despite her withering attacks on Democratic rivals in earlier presidential primary debates. As the Democratic vice-presidential nominee readies for the face-off on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City, her team has cast …

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Former Trump Officials Defect To Back Biden [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: Olivia Troye, the former top homeland security aide to Vice President Mike Pence, endorsed former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday and accused President Trump of weak leadership and of dramatically mismanaging the response to the coronavirus crisis. In a statement, Judd Deere, a White House spokesman, responded by saying, “Outside of generally …

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Scott Walker Is Role-Playing Kamala Harris With Pence

The Washington Post reports: Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is once again working closely with Vice President Pence on debate preparations and serving as Pence’s foil in practice sessions, effectively playing the role of Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), according to two people familiar with the sessions who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to …

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Mike Pence “Wouldn’t Hesitate” To Get COVID Vaccine

The Hill reports: Vice President Pence “wouldn’t hesitate” to get a COVID-19 vaccine once it’s FDA approved and said the administration will be urging Americans to get flu shots as public health experts warn of the potential dangers of flu season coinciding with the coronavirus pandemic. Pence told The Hill in an exclusive interview that the Department of Health and …

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Pence Cancels Fundraiser With Montana QAnon Morons

The Associated Press reports: Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event’s hosts had expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory. The change comes after the AP reported Wednesday that hosts Cayrn and Michael Borland in Bozeman, Montana, had shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts. …

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Mike Pence Denies Downplaying Virus Hurt Response

Don’t believe what you hear and see, says Mike Pence: Vice President Pence on Thursday denied that the country’s response to the coronavirus was in any way hampered by President Trump repeatedly downplaying the threat from the deadly disease. “Absolutely not,” Pence said on Fox News when asked if Trump’s public dismissiveness of the virus limited the ability of the …

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Pence, Top Trump Officials To Attend Fundraiser Hosted By QAnon Extremists Who Vowed To Shoot Protesters

The Associated Press reports: Vice President Mike Pence and top officials from President Donald Trump’s campaign are slated to attend a Montana fundraiser next week hosted by a couple who have expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory. The hosts of the fundraiser, Caryn and Michael Borland, have shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts, their social media …

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Pence At RNC: You Won’t Be Safe In Biden’s America

The BBC reports: US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned that violence will spread in American cities if Joe Biden wins the White House in November. “The hard truth is you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America,” said President Donald Trump’s deputy in a keynote speech to the Republican convention. Mr Pence depicted the vote as a choice between law-and-order …

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Pence Predicts “Miracle” Vaccine By The End Of The Year

The Independent reports: Vice President Mike Pence has responded to Joe Biden‘s acceptance speech criticism of the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying he believes there is “a miracle around the corner.” In an interview on CNN on Friday, Pence was asked how many Americans would lose their lives due to the pandemic by the end of the year. “As …

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Pence: We Won’t Let Kamala Harris Touch Our Meat

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would bury the economy under an avalanche of red tape: more regulation and more bureaucracy. “In fact, the California senator that he named as his running mate this week said during her short campaign for president that Americans needed to be, and I quote, ‘educated about the effect of our eating habits on our environment’. …

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Pence Hits “Disappointing” SCOTUS Justice Roberts

Axios reports: Vice President Pence told the Christian Broadcast Network in an interview to be broadcast Thursday that Chief Justice John Roberts “has been a disappointment to conservatives.” The conservative Roberts has this year sided with the Supreme Court’s more liberal justices on abortion, LGBTQ discrimination and the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Roberts wrote last month’s ruling …

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Emails Show Pence Pressured Navy To Reinstate Former Missouri Gov Who Left Office In Violent Sex Scandal

Law & Crime reports: The office of Vice President Mike Pence used political pressure to get former Missouri governor Eric Greitens reinstated into the Navy despite those in command stating they wanted nothing to do with the scandal-plagued former SEAL, the Kansas City Star reported Saturday. The Star obtained 850 pages of documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) …

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Pence Campaign Bus Collides With Dump Truck

Fox News reports: Vice President Mike Pence was involved in a minor vehicle collision Thursday morning while stumping through western Pennsylvania — shortly followed by a second campaign caravan crash. With Pence aboard, the Trump 2020 campaign bus collided with a dump truck around 11 a.m. in Allegheny County, according to journalists in the accompanying press pool. Following the minor …

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FL Reports 9K New COVID Cases, Pence Visits DeSantis

Florida Today reports: The Florida Department of Health reported 8,892 new COVID-19 cases Monday. While that marks the lowest daily total since July 9, it’s the 34th consecutive day the state has recorded more than 5,000 new cases. Florida has counted a total of 432,747 cases since the pandemic began. The state also reported 77 new deaths, increasing the state’s …

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Pence: “You Won’t Be Safe In Joe Biden’s America”

The Wisconsin State Journal reports: Vice President Mike Pence stepped up attacks on Joe Biden with an aggressive speech Friday in the birthplace of the Republican Party, casting the election in under four months as a choice “between freedom and opportunity and socialism and decline.” Pence said that if Biden wins the election, the country will spin into economic decline, …

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