Pence Accuses Media Of Trying To Scare America, Argues Trump Admin Should Be Celebrated

Vice President of the United States Mike Pence delivers remarks at the D.C. premiere of the film, "Apollo 11: First Steps Edition" in May 2019. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images)
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Vice President Mike Pence accused the media of “fear mongering” with COVID-19 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published on Tuesday, while wondering why President Donald Trump and the rest of the administration’s response to the outbreak wasn’t receiving glowing reviews.

Rattling off Trump’s usual laundry list of what he claims to be the administration’s “great progress” with the virus, Pence claimed that the media “has tried to scare the American people every step of the way.”

“The truth is, whatever the media says, our whole-of-America approach has been a success,” the vice president wrote. “We’ve slowed the spread, we’ve cared for the most vulnerable, we’ve saved lives, and we’ve created a solid foundation for whatever challenges we may face in the future. That’s a cause for celebration, not the media’s fear mongering.”

Pence’s self-congratulatory remarks echo that of White House senior adviser and son-in-law to Trump Jared Kushner, who described his father-in-law’s handling of the pandemic as a “great success story” at the end of April.

However, there have been jumps in COVID-19 cases in several states in recent days as parts of the country begin rolling back stay at home measures, and the death toll has climbed past 116,000, according to John Hopkins University’s outbreak tracker.

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  1. Shorter susPence: Help us Jeebus!

  2. Ok, I am stuck.

    “our whole-of-America approach has been a success”

    Whole of America? Approach? What does that actually mean? This would be versus a Some of America Approach. Or a Few of America Approach. Or the Hey You, Yeah You Over There America Approach.

  3. “Saved lives”, eh? Especially from Covid-19, that’s why we’re number one in deaths from it worldwide.

  4. A Uniter, not a Divider.

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