Mike Pence's own press aide 'is in quarantine. Why, in the face of this overwhelming and immediate danger, would he and the president persist in flaunting unsafe behavior and spreading deadly thinking across the land?' | Michael D'Antonio for CNNOpinion
Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book"Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success" and co-author with Peter Eisner of"The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence." The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN.
In his public career, Vice President Mike Pence has stressed the power of prayer and been a skeptic about science. At one point, he said that smoking doesn't kill and he refused to acknowledge the vast evidence that the planet is warming at an alarming rate that imperils us all. Now, in the age of pandemic, he is publicly running around without a face mask and insisting that it's OK for others remove theirs. In Pence's world it seems that real Americans cough, sneeze and breathe free.
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