HEARTS AWAY.
% >> THAT VISIT COMES JUST TWO
% DAYS AFTER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
% PENCE STOPPED IN WAUKESHA COUNTY
% TO KICK OFF HIS "FAITH IN
% AMERICA" TOUR.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER ZAC
% SCHULTZ WAS THERE.
% >> MIKE PENCE'S OPENING WORDS
% WERE NOTHING NEW FOR A
% POLITICIAN.
% >> WELL, HELLO, WISCONSIN!
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
% >> YOU ALL LOOK GREAT.
% THANKS FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
% >> BUT "YOU LOOK GREAT, THANKS
% FOR COMING OUT" CARRIES
% ADDITIONAL MEANING AS THE TRUMP
% CAMPAIGN RENEWS IN-PERSON
% RALLIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
% COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
% OVER THE WEEKEND DONALD TRUMP
% MET LACKLUSTER CROWDS IN TULSA,
% OKLAHOMA, SO PENCE HAD TO FEEL
% GOOD ABOUT THE 200 THAT
% REPRESENTED A CAPACITY CROWD IN
% WISCONSIN.
% >> I COME TO WISCONSIN TODAY FOR
% ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY.
% AND THAT IS THAT WISCONSIN AND
% AMERICA NEED FOUR MORE YEARS OF
% PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP!
% >> THE THREAT FROM THE
% CORONAVIRUS HUNG OVER THE WHOLE
% EVENT.
% EVEN IF MOST OF THE ATTENDEES
% CLAIMED NOT TO WORRY.
% >> I HAVEN'T WORN A MASK AT ALL,
% EVER.
% THERE'S 350 MILLION PEOPLE IN
% THIS COUNTRY, SO THE ODDS ARE
% 350 MILLION TO ONE.
% >> TICKETS TO THE RALLY REQUIRED
% A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SAYING NO
% ONE WOULD SUE THE CAMPAIGN IF
% THEY BECAME AFFECTED.
% ATTENDEES HAD THEIR TEMPERATURES
% CHECKED AS THEY WALKED IN AND
% VOLUNTEERS ACTED AGENCY USHERS,
% ADJUSTING SOCIALLY-DISTANCED
% CHAIRS TO THE SIZE OF THE GROUP.
% MASKS WERE AVAILABLE AND WHILE
% SOME WORE THEM ON THE WAY IN,
% MOST TOOK THEM OFF ONCE INSIDE.
% >> THEY GAVE ME ONE.
% I WORE IT FOR ABOUT HALF A
% MINUTE.
% >> A WOMAN WHO WOULD ONLY
% IDENTIFY HERSELF AS LORI SAYS
% SHE'S HAD HER TRUMP-THEMED MASK
% FOR MONTHS EVEN THOUGH TRUMP
% HIMSELF WON'T WEAR ONE.
% >> I'M NOT WEARING IT IN HERE
% BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO AND
% WE'RE SOCIAL DISTANCING, SO I'M
% GOOD.
% >> COVID-19 HAS KILLED AT LEAST
% 119,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. IN
% JUST A FEW MONTHS AND NEW CASES
% ARE ON THE RISE IN MANY SOUTHERN
% STATES.
% BUT IT'S CLEAR PENCE WOULD
% RATHER TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
% ELSE.
% HE SPENT FIVE MINUTES TALKING
% ABOUT COVID-19 AND PENCE BROUGHT
% UP THE CORONAVIRUS IN TERMS OF
% THE ECONOMY.
% >> AND THE ECONOMY ALONE WAS ON
% AN INCREDIBLE ROLL.
% AND THEN CAME THE WORST PANDEMIC
% IN 100 YEARS.
% >> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS SAID
% THE ECONOMY IS THE KEY TO
% REELECTION AND PENCE HIGHLIGHTED
% THAT IN HIS REMARKS.
% >> WE SEE CASES THAT ARE STABLE
% OR EVEN DECLINING IN 40 STATES
% ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
% WE HAVE SOME OUTBREAKS IN THE
% SOUTH AND WE'RE FOCUSING ENERGY
% ON THOSE.
% BUT ALL 50 STATES ARE OPENING UP
% AGAIN.
% >> REPORTING FROM PEWAUKEE, I'M
% ZAC SCHULTZ FOR "HERE & NOW."