On Wednesday, Mike Pence Downplayed Hurricanes. Last Night, Delta Proved Him Wrong.
Mike Pence on Thursday in Arizona.Ross D. Franklin, AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.2020 has been a year of climate records. It will be one of the top five hottest years ever recorded—quite possibly the hottest ever. The west coast has seen…
Don’t Let Pence Normalize the Chaos
Jacquelyn Martin/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last night, Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) took to the stage for the first and only vice presidential debate. Normally inconsequential, this one was historic for a few reasons. It’s the first…
Mike Pence Showed Just How Hard It Is to Defend Donald Trump
C-Span/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The most memorable elements of Wednesday’s vice presidential debate had little to do with the campaign itself. One of the top Google search results was pink-eye. At one point, a fly landed on Mike Pence’s head…
Pence Has Cancelled His Upcoming Appearance at a Fundraiser Hosted by QAnon Enthusiasts
Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Donald Trump’s campaign told the Associated Press on Saturday that Vice President Mike Pence would no longer be attending a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana that was being organized by supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory. …
As COVID-19 Surges in Texas, Pence Visits a Dallas Megachurch
First Baptist Dallas/YouTube For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As coronavirus cases in Texas surge, Vice President Mike Pence spoke on Sunday at an indoor service at a Dallas megachurch. Gov. Greg Abbott, Housing Secretary Ben Carson, and Sen. John Cornyn, and joined the vice president at First…
Pence Explains the Failure to Meet Testing Goals in a Supremely Unhelpful Way
Vice President Pence answers questions during Monday’s daily briefing from the coronavirus task force.Win McNamee/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During Monday’s White House press briefing on coronavirus, a reporter asked Vice President Pence to explain the discrepancy between the number of tests he’d promised would be…