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Trump says he told Pence not to call governors who aren’t ‘appreciative’ of White House coronavirus efforts

Published Fri, Mar 27 20206:48 PM EDT Updated 6 min ago

Christina Wilkie @christinawilkie
Kevin Breuninger @KevinWilliamB

Key Points

- President Donald Trump said Friday that he instructed Vice President Mike Pence not to reach out to governors who aren’t “appreciative” of his administration’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in their states.

- The president mentioned Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, both Democrats who have been critical of the White House’s actions to combat the deadly pandemic.

- Trump said that Pence “calls all the governors. And I tell him, I’m a different type of person, and I say, ’Mike, don’t call the governor of Washington. you’re wasting your time with him.”

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-trump-told-pence-not-to-call-washington-michigan-governors.html