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This Time, Pence Wears Mask to Tour Indiana Plant

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - This time, he wore a mask.

   Vice President Mike Pence donned a face covering Thursday as he toured
   a General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility in Indiana after
   coming under fire for failing to wear one earlier this week in
   violation of Mayo Clinic policy.

   The facility in Kokomo had been closed because of the coronavirus but
   was brought back online in mid-April to produce critical care
   ventilators for hospitals around the country. General Motors requires
   workers to wear masks in the plant's production area, according to
   spokesman Jim Cain.

   Pence removed the mask, however, for a roundtable with top officials,
   including General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ventec CEO Chris Kiple.
   None of the participants wore face coverings.

   Pence's visit to the factory came hours after his wife, Karen Pence,
   defended her husband's decision to not wear a mask during a Tuesday
   visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

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