People Aren’t Buying Mike Pence’s Latest Comments About COVID-19 Victims

Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday “not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought personally about families that have lost loved ones” to COVID-19.

Critics weren’t buying it.

“I want to assure each of you that you will always be in our hearts and you will remain in our prayers,” Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus task force, told reporters during a briefing.

Critics were incensed. They recalled President Donald Trump’s catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic that has allowed the virus to rampage nationwide while sending false messages about measures to curb its spread.

The contagion has killed more than 250,000 Americans and is predicted to cause hundreds of thousands of more deaths by the end of the year.

“Pants on fire,” one person hit back at Pence on Twitter.

Added another: “Damn shame Pence hasn’t done one iota about the pandemic…”

More thoughts & prayers! Thoughts & prayers haven’t solved a single social problem, and Americans continue to die.

— David Wright – Don’t be vapid! VOTE! (@dwright100) November 19, 2020

Given that his strategy appears to be to let the virus wash over the country in the hopes that it’ll kill more of his enemies than his friends, I think this could be taken at least two ways.

— John Panzer (@jpanzer) November 19, 2020

Mike Pence has gotten nothing right in 4 years, and more importantly, has failed America as the Covid task force leader.

— Chris (a loser and sucker) (@AHappyHourHero) November 19, 2020

Under the circumstances this quote is entirely moot.

— Black Francis (@MrBlackFrancis) November 19, 2020

Damn shame Pence hasn’t done one iota about the pandemic…

— Alex Nelson 📎 (@anelson_os) November 20, 2020