Pence says there's been 'irresponsible rhetoric' from people downplaying coronavirus
Source: nbc news
Trump said Monday that the “fake news media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything to inflame the coronavirus situation.”
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March 12, 202008:45
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that there has been “irresponsible rhetoric” from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak.
In an interview on the “TODAY” show, Savannah Guthrie asked what message Pence sends to people who aren’t afraid of the coronavirus and think it’s just politics and hype, quoting from President Donald Trump who said on Monday that the “fake news media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything to inflame the coronavirus situation.”
“There's been some irresponsible rhetoric, but the American people should know President Trump has no higher priority than the health and safety and well-being of the people of this country,” Pence said in response but it was not clear who he was referring to.
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Pence, the head of the president’s coronavirus task force, added, “The American people should know that President Trump has no higher priority than the health and safety and well-being of the people of this country.”
The administration, he continued, will focus on communities that have experienced community spread of the virus and said Trump’s action a day earlier, suspending travel from Europe to the U.S., is “one more example of how he’s putting the health of America first.”
Trump announced in an Oval Office address Wednesday night that the U.S. will ban most foreign travelers from Europe, except the United Kingdom, for the next 30 days.
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