The Mayo Clinic told Pence to wear a goddamned mask in the hospital. He refused

by Joan McCarter

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2020 Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2020 at 12:16:45pm PDT

Dr. Deborah Birx, Ambassador and White House Coronavirus response coordinator holds a 3M N95 mask Thursday, March 5, 2020 as Vice President Mike Pence visits 3M World Headquarters in Maplewood, Minn., meeting with 3M leaders and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to coordinate response to the COVID-19 virus. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) — Pence doesn't want your stinking mask.

Republican coronavirus denial has already gone to ridiculous and dangerous lengths. Now this. Vice President Mike Pence isn’t going to let a little thing like possibly infecting people in a hospital setting by not wearing a mask make him actually wear a mask. Even though it’s the policy of the Mayo Clinic, where he visited Tuesday. Even though the Mayo Clinic made it clear to him that it was their policy.

Screenshot of a deleted tweet from Mayo Clinic stating VP Pence had been told to wear a mask.

Why the Mayo Clinic deleted that tweet is unclear, except that he’s the fucking vice president of the United States and if the hospital makes him and Trump mad, they’ll probably send the FBI and DHS in and seize all their protective gear and medical equipment to resell it to the highest bidder.

PENCE flouts Mayo Clinic policy that everyone on campus wear a mask, even as he meets with staff and a patient. pic.twitter.com/kfo64KQDhU
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 28, 2020