>>> QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED
TODAY ABOUT JUST WHAT HAPPENED
TO MIKE PENCE DURING THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
HE LEADS THE CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE.
HE WAS SEEN LAST FRIDAY IN A
PENNSYLVANIA DINER, MIXING WITH
PATRONS, NOT WEARING A MASK.
A REPORTER WROTE, THERE ISN’T A
CORONAVIRUS SECOND WAVE, SAYING,
QUOTE, IN RECENT DAYS THE MEDIA
HAS TAKEN TO SOUNDING THE ALARM
BELLS OVER A SECOND WAVE OF
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.
SUCH PANIC IS OVERBLOWN, WE’VE
SLOWED THE SPREAD, WE’VE CARED
FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, WE’VE
SAVED LIVES.
WE’VE CREATED A SOLID FOUNDATION
FOR WHATEVER CHALLENGES WE MAY
FACE IN THE FEATURE, THAT’S
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION, NOT THE
NATION’S MEDIA FEARMONGERING.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI TELLS THE
DAILY BEAST OVERNIGHT, I DON’T
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND
WAVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE
HAVEN’T GOTTEN OUT OF THE FIRST
WAVE.
THIS COMES AS DR. FAUCI WAS
ASKED IF HE WOULD ATTEND THE
PRESIDENT’S TULSA RALLY.
HE SAYS, QUOTE, I’M IN A HIGH
RISK CATEGORY, OF COURSE NOT.
JOINING US NOW, DR. PATEL, A
FORMER HEALTH POLICY DIRECTOR IN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND
BILL KRISTOL, WELCOME, BOTH.
DR. PATEL, THE CELEBRATION THAT
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS TALKING
ABOUT, WHEN WE’VE GOT SPIKES IN
TEXAS, ARIZONA, FLORIDA, MAJOR
ISSUES STILL TO BE RESOLVED,
ALABAMA RUNNING OUT OF HOSPITAL
EQUIPMENT IN MONTGOMERY.
>> ABSOLUTELY, ANDREA.
THERE’S CERTAINLY NO REASON TO
CELEBRATE.
AND WHILE I AGREE THAT WE’RE
CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, MORE
PREPARED AS A NATION, IT WOULD
BE FALSE, AND I WORRY THAT THE
VICE PRESIDENT’S WORDS AND
PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, HIS
ACTIONS, NOT WEARING A MASK,
BEING IN KIND OF CLOSE QUARTERS
WITH PEOPLE AND TAKING PICTURES,
THAT THAT SENDS A SIGNAL THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST KIND OF GO
BACK TO LIFE AS NORMAL.
WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTS OF OUR LIFE REOPENING IN A
NEW NORMAL, BUT WE SHOULDN’T PUT
ASIDE WHAT IS STATISTICALLY
HAPPENING.
THESE ARE JUST NUMBERS, ANDREA.
CASES, EVEN IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA,
ARE INCREASING, 5 TO 10% EACH
DAY.
THAT’S NOT TRIVIAL.
>> AND OUTDOOR EVENTS ARE, OF
COURSE, MUCH SAFER THAN INDOOR
EVENTS, AND THERE YOU’VE GOT THE
VICE PRESIDENT AND NOW WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE ON SATURDAY IN
TULSA, AN INDOOR RALLY AT AN
ARENA THAT HAS NOT BEEN USE
INCOME THREEED
IN THREE MONTHS BUT WASN’T
SCHEDULED TO BE USED UNTIL JULY
30th, THE PRESIDENT’S MAJOR
RALLY. WE’RE TOLD, BILL KRISTOL, HE
WE’RE TOLD, BILL KRISTOL, HE
MIGHT DO OVERFLOW CROWDS
OUTDOORS AS WELL.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY’LL GO
TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO
STOP IT BASED ON HEALTH
CONCERNS.
>> AND THEY HAVE ACTUAL
RESPONSIBILITIES IN TULSA.
THIS IS A CAMPAIGN EVENT, THIS
ISN’T THE PRESIDENT GOING
SOMEPLACE HE HAS TO GO TO FOR AN
IMPORTANT REASON OF STATE THAT
WOULD OVERRIDE SOME LOCAL
CONCERNS AND TAKE SOME RISKS.
THIS IS PURELY A CAMPAIGN EVENT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS TO JUSTIFY
THIS, IF IT DOES CREATE, AND WE
HOPE IT DOESN’T, BUT IF IT
CREATES AN OUTBURST OR SPREAD OF
THE DISEASE.
WHAT YOU SHOW ABOUT THE VICE
PRESIDENT, IT’S SO INTERESTING,
ALSO INTERESTING ABOUT JOHN
BOLTON, THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS
PRESIDENT ISN’T JUST CAMPAIGNING
THE WAY HE LIKES TO CAMPAIGN BUT
IS USING GOVERNMENT TO SPREAD
REALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND
DAMAGING, DANGEROUS MESSAGES.
THIS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES AS VICE
PRESIDENT, NOT WEARING A MASK,
NOT GOING TO A CAMPAIGN EVENT,
THIS IS AS VICE PRESIDENT
PERFORMING HIS DUTIES,
SUPPOSEDLY, VISITING, YOU KNOW,
A COMPANY, GOING TO A DINER.
AND HE’S NOT WEARING A MASK, NO
ONE WITH HIM IS WEARING A MASK,
THERE’S NO EXHORTATION, EVEN, TO
WEAR A MASK.
THEN HE MAKES IT SOUND AS IF WE
DID IT, I THINK HE SAID IT’S A
CELEBRATION.
IT’S SO IRRESPONSIBLE.
THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
THAT ARE IN TROUBLE, PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY THAT ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO BE EVEN MORE CAREFUL
THAN THEY ARE NOW ABOUT
DISTANCING AND MASKING.
NOT A WORD ABOUT THAT IN HIS
OP-ED IN "THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL" WHICH IS ENTIRELY DONE
AS A POLITICAL MESSAGE.
THEN WITH BOLTON, THE PRESIDENT
HAS A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AGAIN,
NOT HIS PERSONAL LAWYER, THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHING A
VERY DUBIOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST,
LAWSUIT.
WHEN YOU READ IT, IT’S VERY
INTERESTING, THE CAREER PERSON
WORKED WITH BOLTON FOR FOUR
MONTHS, THEY WORKED OUT ALL THE
PROBLEMS, THEN SUDDENLY, MICHAEL
ELLIS WHO IS A POLITICAL
APPOINTEE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL’S OFFICE, HE USED TO
WORK FOR DEVIN NUNES, HE SAYS,
OH, NO.
I’M SURE ROBERT O’BRIEN WAS
ORDERED BY TRUMP TO CAUSE
TROUBLE FOR BOLTON.
FINE, TRUMP CAN DENOUNCE BOLTON
PERSONALLY.
HE’S GOT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
INTERVENING IN COURT ON BEHALF
OF A FRANKLY RIDICULOUS LAWSUIT
WHEN, AGAIN, THEIR OWN STATEMENT
WHEN YOU READ IT SHOWS THAT THE
CAREER OFFICIALS HAD WORKED
CLOSELY WITH BOLTON.
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF HIM, HE’S
A RESPONSIBLE PERSON, HE’S BEEN
IN GOVERNMENT A LONG TIME, HE’S
CAREFUL ABOUT CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION.
HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE BUSH
WHITE HOUSE, HE KNOWS WHAT THIS
IS LIKE.
THE PRESIDENT IS USING THE
MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT TO