Pence protects Trump’s ‘LIBERATE’ tweets

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Pence protects Trump’s ‘LIBERATE’ tweets

Vice President Mike Pence.|Alex Brandon/AP Picture

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday denied that President Donald Trump was trying to undermine pandemic mitigation efforts by stiring dissent versus states’ stay-at-home orders.

On “Fox News Sunday” and NBC’s “Satisfy journalism”, Pence was pressed about Trump’s comments on Twitter Friday that it was time to “FREE” Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia.

” Satisfy journalism” host Chuck Todd asked Pence why Trump was attempting to overturn guidance provided by the administration. Pence said that Trump wished to resume the economy “in a safe and responsible way.”

” Chuck,” Pence stated, “I don’t accept your premise and I do not believe most Americans do either.”

Trump’s comments have actually ratcheted up tensions between the federal government and the states about efforts to assault the infection and get ready for a financial reboot, in addition to raised concerns about the behavior of a few of his fans.

” We’ll continue to deal with guvs to ensure that they have the guidance, that they have the council and they have the resources to achieve that,” Pence stated.

Trump put out the call to “free” as demonstrations increase versus security guidelines designed to stop the spread of Covid-19

Guvs on Sunday grumbled that the Trump administration was setting impractical expectations about a ramp-up in screening required to relieve restrictions.

” The only thing that I’ve asked our protests to do is to observe social distancing,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican politician, said later NBC. “We’re all huge believers in the First Amendment. They were opposing versus me yesterday, which’s simply great.”

DeWine included: “They have every right to do that. We are going to do what we believe is right, what I believe is. And that is try to open this economy, however do it really, really thoroughly so we don’t get a great deal of people eliminated.”

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