The Washington Post editorial board made it crystal clear what it thinks of Vice President Mike Pences response to the coronavirus pandemic in his role leading the White Houses task force tackling the public health crisis.
Mike Pence is a case study in irresponsibility, the newspapers board headlined its column Wednesday that criticized Pences widely condemned Tuesday op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he declared the United States is winning the fight against the invisible enemy.
COVID-19 has killed more than 119,000 people nationwide and multiple states are now registering record numbers of new infections after the easing of stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the contagion.
The Posts board noted how handbooks for public health crises emphasize the importance of transparency and the need for officials to maintain public trust.
They must not over-reassure and should be candid about risks and unexpected events, it wrote, then noting some of the many ways in which Pence and President Donald Trump have not done that.
The pandemic is still raging, the board warned in conclusion. Try as they might to spin a recovery story, Mr. Pence and Mr. Trump destroy their own credibility by ignoring reality. The American people know this is not cause for celebration.
Read the full editorial here.
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