PHOTOS: Pence visits Atlanta, praises Georgia’s pandemic response

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PHOTOS: Pence visits Atlanta, praises Georgia’s pandemic response

Vice President Mike Pence (center) and Gov. Brian Kemp (right) at the Star Cafe on Marietta Boulevard NW in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. Pence praised Kemp and Georgia restaurant owners who have reopened their establishments in recent weeks. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Gov. Brian Kemp (left), Vice President Mike Pence (center) and Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer (right) during the roundtable discussion at the Waffle House corporate offices in Norcross on Friday, May 22, 2020.(Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Air Force Two lands at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Maj. Paul LaSorda waits to greet Air Force Two and Vice President Mike Pence at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Maj. Paul LaSorda greets Air Force Two and Vice President Mike Pence at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Vice President Mike Pence deplanes Air Force Two lands at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Congressman Barry Loudermilk speaks with Vice President Mike Pence (second from left) as U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler speaks with Congressman Doug Collins (right) after Pence arrived on Air Force Two at Dobbins Air Reserve Base on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

A crowd gathered outside the Waffle House corporate offices on Financial Drive NW in Norcross to welcome Vice President Mike Pence and show support for President Donald Trump. Pence attended a roundtable discussion with restaurant executives at the Waffle House headquarters. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

A masked Secret Service agent prepares for the vice president to deboard Air Force Two on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Vice President Mike Pence arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Waffle House employees applaud Vice President Mike Pence's remarks at the roundtable discussion at the company's headquarters in Norcross on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler looks at her phone before the beginning of the roundtable discussion at the Waffle House corporate offices in Norcross on Friday, May 22, 2020. The event was held as part of VIce President Mike Pence's trip to metro Atlanta. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia (from left), Gov. Brian Kemp, first lady Marty Kemp, Vice President Mike Pence and Star Cafe owner Danny Hamilton and his wife greet and meet as the entourage entered the Atlanta restaurant on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Vice President Mike Pence (center) and Gov. Brian Kemp (right) at the Star Cafe in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Vice President Mike Pence (left) and Gov. Brian Kemp at the Star Cafe on Marietta Boulevard NW in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Vice President Mike Pence (left) and Gov. Brian Kemp at the Star Cafe on Marietta Boulevard NW in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. Pence praised Kemp's efforts to reopen Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

Vice President Mike Pence (left), Gov. Brian Kemp (center) and first lady Marty Kemp at the Star Cafe in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

May 22, 2020 Atlanta: Governor Brian Kemp (left) eating lunch with Vice President Pence (center) and first lady Marty Pence (right) at the Star Cafe located at 2053 Marietta Blvd NW in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. Vice President Mike Pence who visited Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020 praised Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia restaurant owners who have reopened their establishments in recent weeks, lending a high-level dose of support to state leaders who have been criticized for ending pandemic restrictions too soon. Gov. Brian Kemp and Vice President Mike Pence, along with Georgia first lady Marty Kemp, had lunch at the Star Cafe in Atlanta during PenceÃ¢â¬â¢s visit on Friday which also included a roundtable discussion with restaurant executives at the Waffle House Headquarters. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Gov. Brian Kemp (left) applauds Vice President Mike Pence after his remarks at the roundtable discussion at the Waffle House corporate offices in Norcross on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

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Vice President Mike Pence (center) and Gov. Brian Kemp (right) at the Star Cafe on Marietta Boulevard NW in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. Pence praised Kemp and Georgia restaurant owners who have reopened their establishments in recent weeks. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

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