June 26, 2020
At the end of the briefing, a reporter pressed Pence and the administration for the approach
of "saying do as we say, not as we do," and the campaign's ignoring resistance from local
officials over events.
Pence dodged the question and again returned to the argument about freedom of speech.
"And even in a health crisis, the American people don't forfeit our constitutional rights."
Mike Pence-
"Well, the freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the Constitution
of the United States and we have an election coming up this fall, and President Trump and I
believe that taking proper steps, we've created screening at recent events and giving people
the very best counsel that we had. We still want to give people the freedom to participate
in the political process and we respect that."
Mike Pence-
Pence, when pressed by a reporter, declined to recommend that all Americans wear masks
as public health officials advise, instead urging people to listen to their local health officials
and pray.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...a1dfa2-b7c7-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html
At the end of the briefing, a reporter pressed Pence and the administration for the approach
of "saying do as we say, not as we do," and the campaign's ignoring resistance from local
officials over events.
Pence dodged the question and again returned to the argument about freedom of speech.
"And even in a health crisis, the American people don't forfeit our constitutional rights."
Mike Pence-
"Well, the freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the Constitution
of the United States and we have an election coming up this fall, and President Trump and I
believe that taking proper steps, we've created screening at recent events and giving people
the very best counsel that we had. We still want to give people the freedom to participate
in the political process and we respect that."
Mike Pence-
Pence, when pressed by a reporter, declined to recommend that all Americans wear masks
as public health officials advise, instead urging people to listen to their local health officials
and pray.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...a1dfa2-b7c7-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html