Vice President Mike Pence Acknowledges All Lives Matter

Vice President Mike Pence appeared on “Face the Nation” on June 28, 2020. He pointed to increased testing for causing the spike in COVID-19 cases. Mr. Pence stood by his principles during the interview.

The Corona Spike

Pence faced John Dickerson from CBS news to have a discussion.

Mr. Dickerson asked if Pence was concerned with the recent spike in coronavirus cases in some of the larger states. Pence replied:

“We’re in a much better place to respond to these outbreaks than we were four months ago. I mean, today we are now testing 500,000 Americans a day.” ^[1]

” One of the things that we’ve heard in Texas and Florida in particular is that nearly half of those who are testing positive are Americans under the age of 35. That’s contributing to the fact that- that those that are requiring to be hospitalized, who are testing positive for coronavirus is significantly lower than it was two months ago. And so we really believe that- that what- what is happening here is a combination of increased testing — we’re able to test a great deal more Americans than we were able to several months ago — but it also may be indication that as we’re opening our economy up, that- that younger Americans have- have been congregating in ways that may have disregarded the guidance that we gave on the federal level for all the phases of reopening.”

John said “But the experts say we shouldn’t be in this moment we’re in…Dr. Anthony Fauci says there is a disturbing surge of infections. The governor of Texas, Governor Abbott, says there is a massive outbreak. In the Wall Street Journal 10 days ago, you said 20,000 cases was a good number relative to where they’ve been. This week, there’ve been 40,000 cases. Your level of concern — I understand you’re saying what’s been done — seems insufficient to the alarm from governors and experts.”

All Lives Matter.

The second part of the interview consisted of John trying to get Pence to say “black lives matter.”

“So you won’t say black lives matter?” asked John.

Mike Pence replied, “John, I really believe that all lives matter.”

John Dickerson could only say, “OK.”

Hammering it home, Mr. Pence, stated, “And that’s where the heart of the American people lies. And we’re going to continue to stand strong. We’re going to continue to stand strong with Americans that- that want to see us come together as a nation. And we’re going to carry that message all the way to November and for four more years.”