As the liaison to governors, Vice President Mike Pence has managed the unusual feat of pleasing his boss and those attacked by President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON – Days after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tweeted criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, his chief of staff got a call from an aide to Mike Pence asking if Inslee could meet with the vice president.
The vice president's natural kinship with governors has helped him pull off the rare feat of pleasing both his boss and those his boss has attacked. Governors have complained of testing and equipment shortages. They’ve pushed for stronger implementation of a wartime powers act to increase production of ventilators, testing supplies and personal protective equipment. And they’ve repeatedly urged a more cohesive national strategy, including a centralized process of distributing the lifesaving supplies so states don't bid against each other and the federal government.
“A few weeks ago, the guidance seemed to be that states should get these materials themselves, which Colorado is actively pursuing,” Cahill said in an email last week. “And now the guidance seems to be shifting, but no one is certain.” “We would like it if more of the promises that have been made at the federal level had been delivered upon,” Pritzker told USA TODAY. “I’m glad to have a friendly voice on the other end of the call in the vice president, and I do think that he is listening to the governors even if sometimes he isn’t able to fulfill our requests.”Polls: States need more help from fedsPolls show much of the public agrees with many governors that the federal government should do more.
A USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll found the public is more likely to have extremely positive or negative views of Trump’s performance and more moderate opinions of Pence's. Pence did not mention another health crisis he’d dealt with as governor in 2015, the nation’s first HIV outbreak linked to the injection of oral painkillers. Studies in medical journals have said the outbreak could have been prevented if the state had acted faster in allowing clean-needle exchanges.
“We were able to get our health lab director in direct contact with the person at the FDA, who had heard from the vice president that this was a priority,” said Postman, the Inslee aide. "Since I became governor, he's reached out on numerous occasions to me, just to see if I needed anything or if he could be of help," DeWine told USA TODAY.
During a call with all governors, Maine’s Janet Mills urged the administration not to forget about rural states. Pence told her he’d organize a call just for rural states to focus on their unique challenges, according to WABI-TV.
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