TAPPER: Pence was a close contact with Marc Short, who has tested positive for coronavirus, yet he's not quarantining. How is campaigning 'essential work'? He's holding rallies that could be spreading the virus.

MARK MEADOWS: "Actually, he's not just campaigning. He's working."

MEADOWS: We're not going to control the pandemic

TAPPER: Why not?

M: Because it's a contagious virus

T: Why not make efforts to contain it?

M: What we need to do is make sure we have the proper mitigation factors to make sure people don't die

Mark Meadows is making very clear on CNN that the White House has given up trying to contain the coronavirus. Their only strategy at this point is praying for a vaccine.

Mark Meadows says Americans should follow CDC guidelines, but in the context of making a case that masks don't really work. Completely incoherent.

TAPPER: Why don't you ask people to wear masks at Trump rallies?

MEADOWS: We pass them out

T: They don't wear them!

M: Well, it's a free society. You're not wearing one right now, Jake

T: There's literally nobody in this room

Tapper to Mark Meadows: "Just yesterday, President Trump said 'we are rounding the corner & it's going away.' Mark, it's not going away even in the WH! But beyond that, the US reported 83,000 new cases on Friday and Saturday. That's the 2 highest days of the entire pandemic."