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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPence and the "Mask Scandal"
...Pence just proved that he is much "too stupid" to be Vice President of the U.S.A. By not wearing a mask, he declared himself "above the laws of nature." He doesn't have to follow the simple rules that hospitals make to protect patients and visitors. Pence doesn't realize how absurd that particular moment has made his reputation. Everyone else wears a mask, but VP Pence doesn't need one. He wants to see clearly and better than others in the room.
...What kind of message does that send to hospitals and people working in hospitals?
...What kind of message does that send to workers in nursing homes?
...What kind of message does that send to all of us in the U.S.A.?
....The message is that Pence is above the law and doesn't have to do what needs to be done to protect himself and the rest of us during this horrific epidemic. He can do what he wants to do, no matter what the consequences. And finally, Mr. Pence doesn't answer to anyone, and he gets away with it.
...Mr. Pence doesn't have a clue. Pence is much too stupid to have even a tiny clue. Pence sets an example of not trying to protect himself and others during a pandemic. Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Pence cares only about himself, and he has burned that idea into history. Before this event, Mr. Pence might have avoided the Trump stupidity, (might have?) but after this event, Mr. Pence has identified himself as perhaps the stupidest Vice President in the history of the U.S.A.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)From a CNN article:
"Mayo Clinic had informed @VP of the masking policy prior to his arrival today," they had written.
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)Stuart G
(38,421 posts)previous lies. Pence thinks he can get away with it. So, he lies again. and again. Just like Trump.
...Come November, we will see if Pence and Trump get away with it. I don't think they will get away with it this time. They will lose, and they will lose big.
underpants
(182,791 posts)lame54
(35,287 posts)What's the problem?
They get tested all the time
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)The responses are so amusing
GoCubsGo
(32,081 posts)What he doesn't have is a fuck to give about the American people. What we saw wasn't stupidity. It was a big, giant middle finger to anyone not in the Trump Cult. He's part of it, and as you said he thinks he's above it all. Like the flying monkeys who are rallying in the streets, he believes that the mere act of showing support for Dear Leader will keep him safe from the virus. Sure, he's stupid, just like the rest of them. But, his actions weren't driven by stupidity. They were driven by spite and arrogance. He's not just above the rules/law, he's above getting sick. Or, so he thinks.