The Trump administration just gave its critics yet another reason to pounce.
In the latest bit of political red meat for social media, Vice President Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday, and, according to a now-deleted tweet, was told he should wear a mask.
For some reason, he decided that he didn’t need to wear one, and, as you can see from the picture above, he appears to be the only one in the room flouting the rules.
Here’s a video of the scene, which has already racked up about 700,000 views:
The clinic later posted a more generic replacement tweet, commending Pence and Minnesota’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, who did don a mask, for the visit:
The internet, as it tends to do, swarmed on the footage, pushing the #PenceIsAnIdiot hashtag, along with “Mayo Clinic” and ”arrogance,” high on Twitter’s
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The Mayo Clinic, which has required all patients and visitors to wear a mask in accordance with CDC guidelines since April 13, also caught plenty of flak:
When asked why he decided to go mask-less, Pence told reporters he’s tested regularly, as is everyone around him, so, in his view, he’s not at risk of being a spreader.
“Since I don’t have the coronavirus,” he explained after images of his visit went viral, “I thought it’d be a good opportunity for me to be here, to be able to speak to these researchers these incredible health-care personnel and look them in the eye and say thank you.”
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