Mike Pence just made it even worse for himself
Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic hospital today, interacting with medical staff and patients – and he refused to wear a mask. Pence was roundly slammed for the arrogant, tone deaf, and potentially deadly move. When he was confronted about it by reporters, he claimed it was because he’s regularly tested for coronavirus, ignoring the fact that he could test negative if he has the virus but is asymptomatic.
Now Mike Pence has managed to make it even worse for himself. He’s claiming that he didn’t wear a mask because he wanted to be able to look people at the hospital in the eye. That’s cute, except you don’t wear the mask over your eyes. It’s not a blindfold. Pence is getting ripped to pieces for it.
On CNN, Don Lemon put on a mask and then sarcastically asked the audience if they could still see his eyes. On MSNBC, Brian Williams said that if Pence has his mask over his eyes, he’s doing it wrong. Mike Pence has managed to take something that was already going to play horribly for him, and make it even worse.
Mike Pence has always been every bit as arrogant and sociopathic as Donald Trump, he’s just quieter about it. But Pence really stepped in it today. Refusing to wear a mask may or may not be the worst thing he’s ever done (he’s done a lot of truly awful things), but it could end up being the one thing that voters most closely associate him with.
