Vice President Mike Pence bumped elbows with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday after stepping off Air Force Two in Takoma, Washington.

Pence, who is leading the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, flew to Washington state, where the death toll associated with the illness is the highest in the nation, to meet with officials.

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