>> 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."