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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:12 PM Mar 2020

Pence Says Claim That Dems Are Politicizing Coronavirus Is 'Justified'

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Summer Concepcion
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March 1, 2020 10:57 a.m.

Vice President Mike Pence re-upped the notion shared by both the Trump administration and its allies that Democrats are weaponizing coronavirus fears to make the President look bad during Sunday morning TV news appearances.

On CNN Sunday morning, Pence defended Donald Trump Jr.’s remark that Democrats want Americans to die from coronavirus in an effort to slam the President.

“But responding to the kind of things that have been hurled is understandable,” Pence said. “But what the President’s charged us to do — in my conversation with Speaker Pelosi, with Senator Schumer, my conversations with Republican and Democratic governors — is to set the politics aside on this and to work the problem.”

Watch Pence’s remarks on CNN below:




Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pence-democrats-politicize-coronavirus-trump



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First and foremost Chuck Todd should have asked this asshole.................why are you and your criminal enterprise shutting down the health experts from talking about this virus and having them provide the transparency the country needs...................by placing a gag order on them with threats they could be fired......................

And then there is this person from Fix Noise Maria Bartiromo....................and we know why this person did not even attempt to do it..................because she is Murdoch lackey.................

The country gets Two fucking idiots having a conversation..................from two different news platforms, basically saying nothing and getting nothing in return........................ .
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Pence Says Claim That Dems Are Politicizing Coronavirus Is 'Justified' (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2020 OP
Set the politics aside? By calling it a hoax? LakeArenal Mar 2020 #1
Can we drive a stake through the heart of "politicization"? Girard442 Mar 2020 #2
I think 2naSalit Mar 2020 #6
I'll hold your beer. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #7
Thanks! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #8
The number of trump's cases Turbineguy Mar 2020 #3
70 snowybirdie Mar 2020 #14
Yes but in trumpworld 40 of them don't count. Turbineguy Mar 2020 #19
When one party says "nothing to see here and its a hoax" Afromania Mar 2020 #4
Spineless little worm. captain queeg Mar 2020 #5
Calling out your bullshit is not politicizing a global health emergency... EarthFirst Mar 2020 #9
Whining with Pence - This is a war for public health bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #10
Pence is no more fit to be Scarsdale Mar 2020 #11
He would never win a presidential election that was legit; the mortician is not very bright either Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #23
If by "politicizing" you mean "calling out your incompetence", then, yes, guilty as charged flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #12
"Democrats are weaponizing coronavirus fears" followed by "Democrats want Americans to die" PSPS Mar 2020 #13
Trump told us the Wall was "justified" and would keep us safe bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #15
we've heard this conversation a million times....... Takket Mar 2020 #16
Okay,Mikey is worried his Orange Buddy will Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #17
So pence was put in charge of a hoax,lol, duforsure Mar 2020 #18
deflection, spin and blame someone else..blah blah Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #24
Hey, Mikey. Scarsdale Mar 2020 #20
Pence: why are you spending so much money for a hoax? keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #21
"... set the politics aside on this and to work the problem." Talitha Mar 2020 #22
Dems don't need to make him look bad. Just hide & watch him do it to himself. rickyhall Mar 2020 #25
It only feels like politicization Mike Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #26
A public health crisis is not about politics dlk Mar 2020 #27
You did a great job with that hiv thing in Indiana pence. truthisfreedom Mar 2020 #28
That's a good boy, Pencie... trump will get you your cookie (n/t) MissMillie Mar 2020 #29

Girard442

(6,067 posts)
2. Can we drive a stake through the heart of "politicization"?
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:15 PM
Mar 2020

Politics is how a democracy makes decisions. The opposite of "politicization" is "submit to a dictator".

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
4. When one party says "nothing to see here and its a hoax"
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:19 PM
Mar 2020

And now people are starting to die and we don't know how far its spread or have shit in place and the other party is lije hey wait dhould we start prepping or something....................


Its politicalbas fuck because thats what the republicans have madr it rather than doing shit. Meanehile 5he cd fucking c sqyd hey don't bring people back and Trump does it anyway. Then won't let the state hes sending
These peole to do extra testing????


This whole post is a mess because thats hoe mad this makes me. Stream of thought no corrections

EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)
9. Calling out your bullshit is not politicizing a global health emergency...
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:36 PM
Mar 2020

Don’t be a child and sulk when the adults call out your behavior.

Own it; apologize and make it right...

Gutting the budgets and implementing hiring freezes to the agencies tasked with public health emergencies is bullshit.

Fix it!

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
10. Whining with Pence - This is a war for public health
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:38 PM
Mar 2020

It won't be Democrats who make Trump look bad, it will be the body bags.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. Pence is no more fit to be
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:39 PM
Mar 2020

president than his idol tRump is. Little milquetoast, getting his orders from Mommy and the orange arse. He just fades into the woodwork in any room he enters. He slithers in, and disappears. No personality whatsoever. Just blah.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
12. If by "politicizing" you mean "calling out your incompetence", then, yes, guilty as charged
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:40 PM
Mar 2020

Now act like a fucking grown up and get the fuck off the TV and appoint some fucking experts who know how to deal with a public health crisis.

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
15. Trump told us the Wall was "justified" and would keep us safe
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:02 PM
Mar 2020

so Pence is just more lies upon piles of lies

Takket

(21,553 posts)
16. we've heard this conversation a million times.......
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:03 PM
Mar 2020

GOP: Does something awful

Dems: Hey, that's awful!

GOP/media: Why are the Dems politicizing this?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
17. Okay,Mikey is worried his Orange Buddy will
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:28 PM
Mar 2020

dump his sorry Ass before June if he does not play his roll as defender of the King.

Pence and his Staffers read the Press and bulletin Boards know doubt. And this Sucker knows he is in a trap and the only way he survives is kissing the Orange Anus below the belt line.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
18. So pence was put in charge of a hoax,lol,
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:31 PM
Mar 2020

And now claiming the Democrats are politicizing it , when trump claims it's contained, is a show of contempt for the truth, and why he and trump are so scared of it exposing their complete incompetence with this now. Even the people in the markets knew how stupid trumps claim it's contained was, and couldn't trust him. Putting pence in charge, a science denier, shows they only care about hiding the truth about this virus spreading here and around the world so fast, while he and trump lie to the American people repeatedly.They don't care about the people, and trump only cares about himself, so he lies, a lot.

Evolve Dammit

(16,723 posts)
24. deflection, spin and blame someone else..blah blah
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:38 PM
Mar 2020

It's a microbe asshole..... It's not affiliated with any party. To insinuate anything else is showing your lunacy.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
20. Hey, Mikey.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:42 PM
Mar 2020

Making THIS president look bad is easy, he does all the "work" himself, just by being himself!

keithbvadu2

(36,751 posts)
21. Pence: why are you spending so much money for a hoax?
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:51 PM
Mar 2020

Pence: why are you spending so much money for a hoax?

Talitha

(6,581 posts)
22. "... set the politics aside on this and to work the problem."
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:24 PM
Mar 2020

That should have been started 2 months ago, ya dipstick!




Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
26. It only feels like politicization Mike
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 03:30 PM
Mar 2020

Because your administration got caught with they're pants down on this pandemic and, as a direct result of cuts your administration has made to vital resources, we're left with this shitstorm, half assed response, so forgive us for calling out all the crap your administration has done and spare us all the outrage.

dlk

(11,541 posts)
27. A public health crisis is not about politics
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 03:30 PM
Mar 2020

This just shows how twisted Republican’s thinking really is. They politicize everything. Now they’re projecting their twisted thinking into Democrats.

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