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Ex-Pence adviser says Trump bungled virus; she's for Biden

by Associated Press
| September 17, 2020 2:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who served on the White House coronavirus task force says President Donald Trump once suggested that COVID-19 might be a good thing because it would stop him from having to shake hands with “disgusting people."

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