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Vice President Mike Pence has postponed his “Faith in America” tour events in Florida and Arizona amid rapidly rising coronavirus cases in both states.“Vice President Pence will no longer participate in campaign events in Arizona and Florida this week,” a spokesman close to Pence told Fox News Saturday. “This is related to coronavirus numbers increasing in those…

Vice President Mike Pence put a rosier picture on the U.S. response to the coronavirus than that of a number of health officials, saying that states are “opening up safely and responsibly,” even as health officials reported a single-day record of 39,327 new infections on Thursday. Pence made the remarks as the White House coronavirus…

Fact CheckThe vice president falsely claimed that increased testing “is generating” more cases, among other exaggerations and inaccurate claims.Vice President Mike Pence went beyond spin in the first coronavirus task force briefing in many weeks.Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York TimesJune 26, 2020Updated 10:03 p.m. ETVice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration’s response to…

June 26, 2020 | 2:26pm | Updated June 26, 2020 | 3:29pm Vice President Mike Pence on Friday defended hosting re-election rallies for President Trump as portions of the country are reporting big spikes in new coronavirus infections. Pence cited the Constitution’s freedoms of speech and assembly and noted the presidential election in November. “Well,…

“We have an election coming up this fall,” Pence said. “President Trump and I believe that taking proper steps, as we’ve created screening at recent events, and giving people the very best counsel that we have, we still want to give people the freedom to participate in the political process, and we respect that.” Trump…