Vice President Visits Wisconsin
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 -- 9:49 AM
(AP) -Vice President Mike Pence was highlighting the manufacturing of ventilators during a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Tuesday, a trip that Democrats used to blame the current administration for failing to deliver needed supplies to the state to fight the coronavirus.The President has had a “slow and erratic response” to the virus and failed to ramp up production of needed equipment to fight it, former Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement Tuesday. He accused Pence of using the state as a “backdrop to a political photo opportunity.” Wisconsin does not have the supplies it needs to combat the virus, said U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan, all Democrats, in a letter to the President sent ahead of the Pence visit. The criticism echoes concerns from Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and governors across the country about the lack of needed supplies.
Pence, who has sought to assure states about federal help, was scheduled to visit a GE Healthcare manufacturing facility to highlight the production of ventilators. The Pence visit comes a day after Evers unveiled his state plan for reopening Wisconsin, which is modeled after federal guidelines issued by the current administration. One key component of the plan is ensuring there is enough testing available to determine the spread of the virus and then trace contacts of people who are infected.
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