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barbijo n95, Such a dubious claim is impossible to verify, especially since Planned Parenthood isn’t the only facility to provide screening services. ABC’s late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel also piled on, sarcastically quipping, “Why is Mike Pence in charge? What is his plan to stop the virus? Abstinence?” Others even criticized Mr. Pence’s call for prayer during the HIV outbreak in Indiana. At the root of all these scurrilous charges against Vice President Pence is a deep-seated religious intolerance and a sad desire to politicize a very serious situation.
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barbijo n95 - President Obama was widely applauded for correlating faith with public service -- but now that a socially conservative person is in a position of governmental authority, his faith commitments are unallowable. Do our friends on the left not see the glaring hypocrisy? CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER President Trump has also been criticized for appointing Mr. Pence to lead up the virus response because the vice president doesn’t have medical credentials. Never mind that Mr. Pence immediately tapped Debbie Birx, a world-renowned expert on infectious disease.