April 28, 2020 Why is Joe Biden Attacking VP Mike Pence for Thanking Mayo Clinic Researchers?

Vice President Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota this afternoon to highlight the state’s incredible “moonshoot” work to rapidly expand coronavirus testing capacity and thank the researchers for their innovative efforts.

But while the Vice President thanked America’s health care workers for their incredible research, Joe Biden heckled from the sidelines with his campaign attacking the Vice President for “posing for photos at the finish line.”

That’s not how Minnesota’s Democrat Governor Tim Walz saw it:

“I can tell you that the Vice President spends countless hours on the phone with governors every week. He’s there to pick up the phone when we call… You coming back to Minnesota, coming out to listen about what we’re doing and to see what I think is the path forward… I am very grateful.”

Biden was also out of step with other researchers on the front lines. As one epidemiologist put it, “I’m glad the vice president is shining a light on promising efforts.”

Vice President Pence has repeatedly praised the innovative work of researchers across the country in combating the coronavirus – and has repeatedly credited them for their efforts. If only Joe Biden’s campaign could do the same instead of sniping from the sidelines.