(CNN) Vice President Mike Pence praised the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and appeared to admit he was wrong when he suggested there "isn't a coronavirus second wave" in June, saying that "things changed" as the pandemic spread. But sometime around Memorial Day, things changed," he said during an appearance on CNN's "New Day." On June 16, Pence claimed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that there "isn't a coronavirus second wave," criticizing the media, and calling such panic "overblown." His words came amid the President's push to declare the pandemic over , reopen the economy, and return to the campaign trail. Asked point blank by CNN's John Berman whether he was wrong in that op-ed, Pence said, "Well CNN was wrong a lot earlier in the year, as well, John.

Source: CNN August 21, 2020 15:00 UTC