Vice President Mike Pence's Iowa trip had all the makings of a routine vice presidential getaway until a member of Pence's staff, press secretary Katie Miller, tested positive for coronavirus just as Pence was about to depart.
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence was hoping to use a trip to Iowa on Friday to promote efforts to reopen the economy and demonstrate that life is returning to normal across the country amid the deadlyA member of Pence’s staff, press secretary Katie Miller, tested positive for coronavirus just as the vice president was about to depart, delaying his plane for an hour.
One way Trump and Pence have tried to present a post-COVID-19 America: resuming travel outside of Washington. Later, Trump hosted congressional Republicans at the White House for a meeting in which they discussed the economy and the administration's response to the pandemic. During the meeting, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, chose to defend the gathering's absence of face masks and social distancing. He suggested that nobody in the room had coronavirus “unless it’s someone in the media.”
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