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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,661 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:07 AM Jun 2020

Pence's Maskless Visit to Trump HQ in Rosslyn Criticized

Not by me.

I see that both the black guy and the Indian guy came in yesterday. Three more, and they could have had a Village People karaoke.

Also at Joe.My.God.

Pence Deletes Photo Showing Lockdown Violations

Vice President’s Maskless Visit to Trump HQ in Rosslyn Criticized
ARLnow.com Today at 9:35am



(Updated at 10:30 a.m.) Around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, a motorcade arrived at a Rosslyn office building.

Out stepped former Arlington resident Mike Pence. The vice president then made his way up to the offices of the Trump-Pence 2020 reelection campaign to rally the troops amid falling poll numbers.

After it was over, he sent out a tweet: “Stopped by to see the great men and women of the Trump-Pence Team today! Thank you for all of the hard work, keep it up! #FourMoreYears #KAG”

The tweet showed Pence standing in front of a sea of staff members in the Arlington office, with everyone flashing Trump’s signature double thumbs-up.

The problem: staffers were not social distancing and no one was wearing masks, a likely violation of Virginia’s mask requirement for indoor public spaces, as pointed out by local Democratic operative Ben Tribbett. Shortly after he did, Pence’s tweet was deleted.

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Pence's Maskless Visit to Trump HQ in Rosslyn Criticized (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP
Seal the room up and lock the doors TheCowsCameHome Jun 2020 #1
This still makes me confused. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #2
"... everyone flashing Trump's signature double thumbs-up." RKP5637 Jun 2020 #3
The black guy and the Indian guy are probably IT contractors The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #4
And men on one side. Women on the other. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #5
I noticed that all of the women were on the right and the men were to the left in the picture. Ford_Prefect Jun 2020 #6

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,072 posts)
2. This still makes me confused.
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:11 AM
Jun 2020

My assumption has been that Pence and the staffers would know the virus is real, but they just don't care if their "useful idiots" get sick.

Yet they're behaving as stupidly as Bubba and Billy Bob at a MAGA rally.

Edit: I'm starting to wonder if they have so many fuckin' tests, they can just test all of them every day?!

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
3. "... everyone flashing Trump's signature double thumbs-up."
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:12 AM
Jun 2020

Hmmmm ... double thumb up ass I guess, Trump’s signature.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(121,524 posts)
4. The black guy and the Indian guy are probably IT contractors
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:13 AM
Jun 2020

who had no idea what they were being dragged into. The black guy in particular seems to be having a little trouble with the thumbs-up gesture, now that he's figured out why he was told to come forward to the front of the crowd.

Ford_Prefect

(8,219 posts)
6. I noticed that all of the women were on the right and the men were to the left in the picture.
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:55 AM
Jun 2020

No doubt a convenience for Mike so he could tell who to avoid...

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