Mike Pence on Wednesday refused to address how White House officials and lawmakers — including himself — failed to follow public health measures at an event linked to multiple coronavirus cases.During the vice presidential debate with Democratic Sen.
Kamala Harris, Pence was asked by moderator Susan Page why Americans should be expected to follow federal guidelines such as mask-wearing and social distancing, when those measures were barely seen among attendees in the Rose Garden on Sept.
26.That event, meant to mark President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, has been called a “superspreading” event, with nearly a dozen attendees later testing positive for COVID-19.