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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 02:58 PM Apr 2020

Karen Pence says vice president didn't know about Mayo Clinic mask policy until he left

Source: The Hill

Second lady Karen Pence said Thursday that Vice President Pence had been unaware of the Mayo Clinic's policy requiring all visitors to wear a face covering until after he left the facility on Tuesday.

"As our medical experts have told us, wearing a mask prevents you from spreading disease. And knowing he doesn’t have COVID-19, he didn’t wear one," she said on "Fox & Friends."

"It was actually after he left Mayo Clinic that he found out they had a policy of asking everyone to wear a mask," the second lady continued. "So someone who’s worked on this whole task force for over two months is not someone who would have done anything to offend anyone or hurt anyone or scare anyone."

...

On Tuesday, the clinic tweeted, then deleted, a message that it informed Pence of its masking policy prior to his arrival in Rochester.

"Mayo shared the masking policy with the VP’s office," the clinic said in an emailed statement after deleting the tweet.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/495430-karen-pence-says-vice-president-didnt-know-about-mayo-clinic-mask



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Karen Pence says vice president didn't know about Mayo Clinic mask policy until he left (Original Post) sabra Apr 2020 OP
She's a liar and he's an idiot C_U_L8R Apr 2020 #1
yah, he pretty damn stoopid to be a vice-prezdent, ain't he? lastlib Apr 2020 #18
Karen who??????????? N/c DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #26
Why did make up a lame excuse when asked about not wearing a mask ? rickford66 Apr 2020 #2
Thou shalt not lie has been deleted from the Ten Commandments Walleye Apr 2020 #3
Mother Pence contradicted her husband, a no-no in the Church and outside of it. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #4
Unless he's Schrodinger's Vice-prezdent........?? lastlib Apr 2020 #19
She better watch for that lightning today from Mother Nature! Baked Potato Apr 2020 #5
Ryan was told it was a tacky sweater party. Ryan figured it out. underpants Apr 2020 #6
everyone else wearing one.. stillcool Apr 2020 #7
He must be blind to masks. Or a liar. NCjack Apr 2020 #25
You noticed the Secret Service DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #27
That's pure bullshit. In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #8
She's right, we all know how stupid he is. marble falls Apr 2020 #9
He admitted that he didn't wear one because he wanted to look everyone in the eye cutroot Apr 2020 #10
In a pandemic, if there were any doubt at all. MissMillie Apr 2020 #11
rewriting every minuscule piece of history IcyPeas Apr 2020 #12
Pence: "Jesu --fuck, I meant, Gee. I wonder why everyone got a mask on but me? 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #13
My eyes are not just rolling, they're spinning. BarbD Apr 2020 #14
LIE! No, you can't rewrite the story 3 days later. stopdiggin Apr 2020 #15
Lying qazplm135 Apr 2020 #16
Like we tell our teen when she 'forgets' to turn in her homework: ArizonaLib Apr 2020 #17
Karen used to be a customer at my pet food store sobenji Apr 2020 #20
That is a lie. sarisataka Apr 2020 #21
He's in charge of the task force so... WestLosAngelesGal Apr 2020 #22
Mother tries to cover for her little boy rurallib Apr 2020 #23
You cannot enter a fucking grocery store without being masked in much of the nation... EarthFirst Apr 2020 #24
Lame Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2020 #28
Merely exerting the Republican right to bear false witness. Marcuse Apr 2020 #29

rickford66

(5,523 posts)
2. Why did make up a lame excuse when asked about not wearing a mask ?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:01 PM
Apr 2020

This administration never, never, never can be truthful.

no_hypocrisy

(46,094 posts)
4. Mother Pence contradicted her husband, a no-no in the Church and outside of it.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:03 PM
Apr 2020

VP Pence yesterday indicated that he knew about the regulation and opted not to respect it. He said that he tested negative for The Virus and thus, he wasn't a danger to anyone and he also said without the mask, he could look the healthcare workers "in the eye" to thank them sincerely for their work.

You can't both know and not know simultaneously.

DENVERPOPS

(8,818 posts)
27. You noticed the Secret Service
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:49 PM
Apr 2020

wearing them, didn't you??????????

Of course, prior to the virus, they probably already wore them anytime they were around any RepubliCon, and doubled up when near Trump, McConnell, or Pence. And tripled up when around Jared and his Trailer Trash Barbee........

cutroot

(875 posts)
10. He admitted that he didn't wear one because he wanted to look everyone in the eye
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:12 PM
Apr 2020

Whatever that means. He knew.

MissMillie

(38,556 posts)
11. In a pandemic, if there were any doubt at all.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:20 PM
Apr 2020

You think he'd know to ask.

If he and his boss had 1/2 a brain all together, I'd be surprised.

IcyPeas

(21,866 posts)
12. rewriting every minuscule piece of history
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:21 PM
Apr 2020

so fox will pick up on the spin and spread it far and wide.

3Hotdogs

(12,375 posts)
13. Pence: "Jesu --fuck, I meant, Gee. I wonder why everyone got a mask on but me?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:23 PM
Apr 2020

Mother, you know anything about this?"

stopdiggin

(11,302 posts)
15. LIE! No, you can't rewrite the story 3 days later.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:43 PM
Apr 2020

Your husband knew about the masks .. and refused to comply. The only misunderstanding here is the belief that truth and lies .. are interchangeable.

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)
17. Like we tell our teen when she 'forgets' to turn in her homework:
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:50 PM
Apr 2020

'When you see everyone else handing theirs in, that is your clue!'

Pence's crap is weak. At least he could have went ahead with a little machismo instead of letting his wife imply that he is stupid.

sobenji

(316 posts)
20. Karen used to be a customer at my pet food store
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:56 PM
Apr 2020

Always thought she was nice, could never figure out why she was with him.

Never again.
She is complicit in all this BS.

WestLosAngelesGal

(268 posts)
22. He's in charge of the task force so...
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:45 PM
Apr 2020

he should be carrying his mask and gloves everywhere he goes. He knows better than to go into a hospital without a mask! Anyone over the age of 8 knows better.

EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)
24. You cannot enter a fucking grocery store without being masked in much of the nation...
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:50 PM
Apr 2020

So why would a god damned medical facility be exempt.

There’s ZERO fucking way he “didn’t know...”

What it was; was a wink to the ReOpen terrorists...

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,571 posts)
28. Lame
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 09:44 PM
Apr 2020

and if he really, honestly and truly didn't know, I'm sure someone was responsible for telling him, before he went in. Fire that person if that's the case...………...

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