CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 28, 2020
WHOEVER DECIDED PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD NOT DOMINATE THOSE DAILY PRESS BRIEFINGS ON THE VIRUS MADE A WISE DECISION. THEY HAVE BECOME MORE ABOUT HIM THAN THE VIRUS AS HE ENGAGES IN COMBAT AND NAME CALLING WITH REPORTERS.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, WHO HEADS THE TASK FORCE, SHOULD BE FRONT AND CENTER. HE HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES. FIRST, HE IS KNOWLEDGABLE. HE HEADS THE MEETINGS AND IS UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING. THE PRESIDENT COMES IN AND TAKES SHEETS OF PAPER THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN FOR HIM TO READ. HE OFTEN STUMBLES, OR AD-LIBS, WHICH GETS HIM IN TROUBLE. THE DISINFECTANT INJECTIONS IS A RECENT VERY BAD EXAMPLE. AND YES HE SAID IT AND NO HE WASN’T BEING SARCASTIC.
SECOND, MIKE PENCE CONEYS EMPATHY, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED NOW WITH SO MANY AMERICAN DEATHS, BUSINESSES CLOSED AND PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
THIRD, PENCE TAKES A LOT OF TENSION OUT OF THE ROOM. YOU CAN SENSE IT EVEN ON TV. HE COMPLIMENTS SOME REPORTERS (SO DOES TRUMP, BUT HIS COMPLIMENTS SEEM MORE SELF-SERVING). NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER CONVERTED THE MEDIA. PENCE CAN AT LEAST NEUTRALIZE THEM IF NOT WIN THEM OVER.
LET MIKE PENCE LEAD. I’M CAL THOMAS.
