Two people tested positive for COVID-19 before a roundtable with Vice President Mike Pence in Pennsylvania on Thursday and were asked to leave the event, aides said.
The two people who were associated with the event at Rajant Corp. in Malvern had no symptoms, a campaign spokeswoman said. She said the discovery was part of routine testing of everyone who will be around the vice president during such events.
Earlier, Mr. Pence attended a private fundraiser in Manheim that raised more than $1 million. The vice president also is meeting with police in Philadelphia and speaking at an event to express support for law enforcement officers.
At the roundtable, Mr. Pence said the Trump administration has cut taxes, rolled back regulation, “unleashed American energy and ended the war on coal,” and fought for fair trade as evidenced by the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement.
He took several jabs at Mr. Biden, saying the Democrat visited a Pennsylvania company Thursday that benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program, pointing to it as an administration success.
Mr. Pence said if Mr. Biden were elected, he would carry out a “government takeover of health care” and raise taxes. He also said Mr. Biden helped to enact policies that made the U.S. subservient to China.
The vice president said the economic reopenings nationally from the coronavirus pandemic are succeeding, saying “the good news is that even in the midst of outbreaks that we’re seeing in Sun Belt states, we are opening up.”
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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