(CNN) Vice President Mike Pence and members of his staff met Tuesday with some of the doctors who were featured in a video that was later removed from social media for misinformation, those doctors said on Wednesday. "We have just met with Vice President Mike Pence to request the administration's assistance in empowering doctors to prescribe hydroxychloroquine without political obstruction," Simone Gold, the group's leader, tweeted. "Just finished a great meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and his Chief of Staff," tweeted another participant, James Todaro. The group represented in the video and later at the White House, America's Frontline Doctors, says its members are practicing doctors who have treated patients with coronavirus. Both Tea Party Patriots and the doctors group have decried extended economic shutdowns meant to contain the spread of the virus.

Source: CNN July 29, 2020 13:08 UTC