It's a remarkable reversal for Pence, who on Friday forcefully defended his plan to move forward with the campaign events.
Vice President Pence waves to supporters after speaking at Lordstown Motors Corporation on Thursday in Lordstown, Ohio.Vice President Pence waves to supporters after speaking at Lordstown Motors Corporation on Thursday in Lordstown, Ohio.A day after defending his right to hold campaign events in the midst of coronavirus case spikes, Vice President Pence and the Trump campaign are postponing two events he was to headline next week in Florida and Arizona.
"We still want to give people the freedom to participate in the political process," Pence said when pressed by reporters at the first Coronavirus Task Force briefing in two months."Freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States. And even in a health crisis the American people don't forfeit our constitutional rights.
at First Baptist Church in Dallas. He is the featured speaker at the event that says it will"celebrate our freedom as Americans and our freedom in Christ with you through worship" including patriotic music and a salute to the armed forces. Thesays"masks and social distancing are strongly encouraged while on the campus of First Baptist Dallas."
On Tuesday, even as the coronavirus problem in Arizona was in focus, Trump attended a campaign-style rally in a Phoenix megachurch. Despite local requirements that masks be worn indoors when social distancing is impossible, the overwhelmingly young attendees sat shoulder to shoulder and almost none wore masks.
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