Posted on 09/01/2020 7:33:10 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Vice President Pence said Tuesday that he doesn’t “recall” being told to be on “standby” when President Trump made an unannounced visit to Walter Reed Medical Center last year.
“I don’t recall being told to be on standby,” Pence told Fox News’s Bret Baier when pressed on an account included in a new book from New York Times correspondent Michael Schmidt. “I was informed that the president had a doctor’s appointment.”
“I’ve got to tell you, part of this job is you’re always on standby. You’re vice president of the United States,” Pence continued. “The American people can be confident that this president is in remarkably good health, and every single day I see that energy in high relief.”
According to Schmidt’s book, Pence was told to be on standby to assume the powers of the president last November in the event Trump had to be anesthetized during the visit to Walter Reed, which had not been on Trump’s schedule and prompted widespread speculation about the president's health.
Pence said Tuesday that he is “always informed” of Trump’s movements and insisted there was “nothing out of the ordinary about that moment or that day.” He referred other questions to the White House physician.
Trump sought to refute the report earlier Tuesday, denying in a tweet that he made an emergency visit to Walter Reed after suffering “a series of mini-strokes.”
“Never happened to THIS candidate - FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party!” Trump tweeted.
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“I don’t recall” seemed unnecessarily flaccid.
Wasn’t that “secret unscheduled” visit just a few days before he flew out to a war zone?
I figured later it was a checkup and getting his required shots.
Who cares?
Pence told Baier that he is “always informed of the president’s movements” and that he recalls “nothing out of the ordinary about that moment or that day.
#fakenews
fake news to push a fake book
desperation kickin in.
I agree. He should have said, “Bullshit.”
That would grab their attention.
everyone that would have preferred for him to say, “that’s fake news bullsh*t, it never happened, and the reporter is a damned liar”.
THAT’S who. deal with it.
Mike Pence would never say that without blushing anyway.
precisely. fanboys can’t take it when someone tries to offer constructive criticism, anything besides, “yay, team” draws fire.
he could have paraphrased. I’da been fine with that.
They probably don’t care either.
When was the last time Brett Behar questioned ANYTHING about Hiden Biden’s obvious health issues?
Hmmmm????
I get what you are saying he is kind of squishy but I think that is just the way he is. Pence is more politician like than President Trump is for sure.
I think that’s one of the things I like about President Trump he tells it like it is and does not mince words.
here ya go; “yay, team! that’s the bestest thing to say ever!” feel better?
I don’t care. Keep praying for Trump. God wants him in office. Period.
pence had an opportunity to knock that bit of fake news out of the park, and passed. it’s annoying and unproductive.
you’ve got to hit hard to get through the MSM blackout.
I will! I pray for him every night.
unfortunately, god only gets one vote. we’ve got to work for all the others.
Flaccid? I had to look that up. Why do you think that is? Oh no I hope Teump is ok!
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