Pence plans to return to White House, while Fauci and others self-isolate after potential exposure t

[UpInArms]

Source: Marketwatch

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence was self-isolating Sunday after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week, joining three of the nation’s top scientists in taking protective steps after possible exposure.

An administration official said Pence was voluntarily keeping his distance from other people in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19 since his exposure but was following the advice of medical officials.

“Vice President Pence will continue to follow the advice of the White House Medical Unit and is not in quarantine,” spokesman Devin O’Malley said Sunday. “Additionally, Vice President Pence has tested negative every single day and plans to be at the White House tomorrow.”

Pence has been at home since returning to Washington from a day trip to Iowa on Friday and did not appear at President Donald Trump’s meeting with military leaders Saturday at the White House. Pence was informed of the aide’s positive test shortly before departing for that trip.

An official initially said Pence planned to continue working from home, before Pence’s office clarified that he planned to work from the White House on Monday. It was not immediately clear how Pence’s steps to self-isolate would impact his professional or public engagements.

Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/three-members-of-the-white-house-coronavirus-task-force-quarantined-2020-05-10?mod=mw_latestnews

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Pence plans to return to White House, while Fauci and others self-isolate after potential exposure to coronavirus

WTF?

He took a weekend off ... and back to the White House tomorrow

[Mz Pip]

1. Would we even be told if Pence were positive?

Or Trump?

I think they’d lie their asses off until one of them left in a body bag.

[rpannier]

10. If Pence has it, he likely wants it a secret

If he infects trumpolini and il douche bag dies he becomes president

[gab13by13]

14. Or Pence has it,

and Trump orders him back to work and Pence dies and Nikki Haley moves in.

[Blue Owl]

2. Let him

n/t

[targetpractice]

11. Right? Do it! n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. A stupid religious hypocrite who can't understand what this administration has wrought.

Fuck him and the whole stupid religious right that helped put him in power.

[Marie Marie]

4. Betcha Trump ordered him back purely for the optics.

[onecaliberal]

5. Stupid is as stupid does.

[jpak]

6. It's only a matter of time

Before the Unmasked Shit Slinger gets hoaxed by
the Jinavirus.

Yup

[TeamPooka]

7. isolated for 24 hours

[SunSeeker]

8. Go ahead, Pence!

[joshdawg]

9. "tested negative every single day"

There are a lot of folks who are unable to get tested and he gets tested every single day. WTF?

[Aussie105]

12. Daily tests, sure!

They have stockpiled enough at the white house for everyone, every day, for years.

Hopefully they are poor quality and give lots of false negatives.

Honestly, wouldn't it be a great eye opener for the occupants if a dose of reality in the form of the virus swept through the White House? They seem to live in an alternate reality as it is.

[Jarqui]

13. If Pence has got it, he might be doing the country a favor ...

Trump is such a germaphobe - it's hard to believe he'd let someone infected around him in the White House with air circulation that is not the greatest for this virus (according to reports)

Whatever Trump does to protest himself, ought to be something that gets considered for the country.

[LiberalLovinLug]

15. The disjointed world inside of Pence's brain

I almost admire him just for being able to contain so many confilicting beliefs. Someone sustaining that kind of hypocrisy for this long is impressive in a sick kind of way.

Starting with his gladly accepting the role as VP to man who had just paid off a porn star for an affair while his wife was pregnant. Who declared how he doesn't need God. Someone so narcissistic when his own Christian faith demands subservience to a greater power. This from a man who calls his wife "mother", and will not even have a private dinner with another woman without mother being present.

All to have a taste of power. (Even though he really has zero power beside Trump). He watches a Mormon leader in Romney stand up for his 'faith' in doing the right thing in the Senate vote. Then stands stoic behind the President when Trump is spewing out the most vile disgusting unChristian insults and lies.

And now....I'll bet he has arguments with his wife and family privately. He thinks he must risk his own life and his families lives to serve under such a cretin. I'm sure there is a part of his brain in the back corner that is frightened to death. But he is the cult leaders right hand man. So he has to pretend he's fine with it all. The word "cuck" is often used by the right to demean some Democrats. I don't ever use it, but if I had to, he fits that description to a tee.

[BrightKnight]

16. LOL- Fauci's not going near that petri dish for a while. nt