Those lucky enough to be on the White House's email list got a special press release from Vice President Mike Pence's office on Monday night. The entire statement is a collection of tweets from Republican politicians saying nice things about how President Trump and Pence, whom Trump put in charge of the U.S. coronavirus response effort, are doing in their effort to respond to the growing coronavirus outbreak.
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