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'Just for the camera?': Jimmy Kimmel deletes viral video that shows Pence delivering empty PPE boxes

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Indianapolis StarView CommentsJimmy Kimmel posted — and then later deleted — a 40-second video clip on Twitter that purportedly showed Vice President Mike Pence delivering empty PPE boxes to a Virginia health care center Thursday afternoon.Kimmel later quote-tweeted the clip from Matt McDermott, a Virginia-based pollster and political strategist, where it&nbsp;garnered more than 2 million views and 43,000 retweets in the span of two hours."It would appear that @vp was joking about carrying empty boxes for a staged publicity stunt," Kimmel tweeted.&nbsp;"The full video reveals that he was carrying full boxes for a staged publicity stunt. My apologies. I know how dearly this administration values truth."The video, which claims to show Pence "caught on camera with a hot mic," follows the former Indiana governor as he wheels boxes of PPE to the health care facility's front door.&nbsp;After dropping off the boxes, he returns to a vehicle with additional boxes in the trunk. He is told by another individual, "Those are empty, sir."Pence's&nbsp;response?&nbsp;&nbsp;"Well can I carry the empty ones? Just for the camera?"In the clip, Kimmel narrates the video, saying&nbsp;"Mike Pence pretending to carry empty boxes of PPEs into a hospital is the perfect metaphor for who he is and what he's doing," Kimmel says. "A big box of nothing, delivering another box of nothing."The clip is from Kimmel's May 7 monologue, which remains on YouTube in its entirety.The short clip, which ends with Pence making the remark about the empty boxes, is just a small version of a more than 29 minute long video that is still available on C-Span's website.In the longer video, Pence's aide responds to his question about the empty boxes by saying:&nbsp;"Absolutely. They're a lot easier."The door to the vehicle shuts and it doesn't appear that Pence delivers any of the empty boxes.The full C-SPAN clip can be seen below.IndyStar initially published a story about the viral, 40-second clip, but then noticed the discrepancy between the narrated, Kimmel segment version on Twitter and the longer C-Span video.Neither Pence's office, nor Kimmel have responded to our requests for comment. However, Kimmel has since deleted the tweet in which he repeated the words "a big box of nothing, sharing a big box of nothing."&nbsp;In addition, McDermott posted a new Tweet, acknowledging that Pence may have been joking.The PPE is part of a shipment of 63 million gloves, 14 million masks, 13 million gowns and slightly more than 1 million pieces of eye protection equipment that will be distributed to all nursing homes in the country, Pence, Indiana's former governor, was tapped by President&nbsp;Donald Trump to lead the nation's coronavirus response in February. Various aspects of his added responsibility&nbsp; has&nbsp;been called into question, including his failure to wear a mask during a visit to&nbsp;the Mayo Clinic last week. He has .&nbsp;Pence when touring a GM facility in Kokomo last week.&nbsp;The IndyStar has reached out to the Pence's office for a comment on the C-SPAN footage.Follow IndyStar reporter Matthew VanTryon on Twitter and email him story ideas at .View Comments

Indianapolis StarView CommentsJimmy Kimmel posted — and then later deleted — a 40-second video clip on Twitter that purportedly showed Vice President Mike Pence delivering empty PPE boxes to a Virginia health care center Thursday afternoon.Kimmel later quote-tweeted the clip from Matt McDermott, a Virginia-based pollster and political strategist, where it&nbsp;garnered more than 2 million views and 43,000 retweets in the span of two hours."It would appear that @vp was joking about carrying empty boxes for a staged publicity stunt," Kimmel tweeted.&nbsp;"The full video reveals that he was...

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