Pence says he wanted to "look (Mayo Clinic workers) in the eye."

[yellowcanine]

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/847570879/pence-responds-to-critics-after-not-wearing-face-mask-at-mayo-clinic?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3llyKTVSuTVb86XExs-Nw8mp3_CgBOC3lcO5qnheYZgIT7nS_0IsWaEPs

Vice President Pence responded to criticisms that he defied Mayo Clinic policy by not wearing a mask during his visit Tuesday to the campus, saying he complied with federal guidelines and felt it was his duty to speak to workers at the facility unencumbered by a facial covering.

"As vice president of the United States, I'm tested for the coronavirus on a regular basis, and everyone who is around me is tested for the coronavirus," he told reporters, saying he is following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

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The CDC recommends wearing cloth face masks in public to help prevent transmitting the virus to others.

"And since I don't have the coronavirus, 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.' "

Instructions on the Mayo Clinic website request that all patients, visitors and personnel bring and wear a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

In a tweet eventually deleted but captured in screenshots and by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the Mayo Clinic wrote that it had "informed @VP of the masking policy prior to his arrival today."

Because everyone knows that wearing a mask keeps you from talking and "looking them in the eye."

[The Magistrate]

1. And He Is A Weird Alien Whose Epiglottis Is His Eye, Sir!

It all makes perfect sense now....

[Cha]

12. lol!

[exboyfil]

2. It is also important for our "leaders" to emulate proper behaviors

A big time fail.

[Autumn]

3. He sees through his mouth or nose I guess. I thought for sure he saw through Trumps eyes since

his head is so far up Trumps ass.

[yellowcanine]

10. The mask would probably interfere with getting his head into Trumpy's rectum.

[lagomorph777]

18. Hospital staff could have showed him how to wear the mask..."not over your eyes sir..."

These clowns really are as stupid as they appear.

[Firestorm49]

4. They must be making masks bigger these days. Mine do not cover my eyes.

[dalton99a]

5. Despicable conniving liar.

[gratuitous]

6. If you can't look someone in the eye while wearing a mask, Mike

U R doin it rong.

[Cha]

13. omg..

Rofl!

[Phoenix61]

7. No test is 100% accurate. He put himself

and others at risk. Just like everything else he does.

[yellowcanine]

9. Exactly. Does "false negative" ring a bell, Mikey?

[brush]

8. Stupidity apparently is a requirement for this administration.

[yellowcanine]

11. And Republicans say Biden says stupid shit.....

[Make7]

14. You can't do a photo-op with most of your face covered. ( n/t )

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. We can be sure that His Lardship told him not to wear a mask

because that would be an acknowledgment that there's a serious pandemic going on. Trump has said he wouldn't wear a mask.

[Hortensis]

23. THIS. A bunch of the reporters leakers talk to believe

Pence didn't wear a mask because Trump would take it as weakness and disloyalty.

So he brought unnecessary risk to sick people and staffers.

It's not all Trump, by any means. Pence has a long history of arrogant disregard for others and ignoring rules meant for him as well as other people. Like taking an eight-car motorcade to Michigan's Mackinac Island that's been proudly car-free for over a century.

[bluedigger]

16. It's a facemask, not a blindfold, dumb ass.

The blindfold is served at dawn, with a cigarette on the side.

[Jarqui]

17. They're finding the coronavirus thriving in eyes ...

Hope Pence got a real good 'look'

[Cirque du So-What]

19. He's trying to emulate his mendacious mentor

He will never be able to pull off bald-faced lies the way rump does, however.

[tavernier]

20. Doesn't it make you wonder how he has sex

since he seems to have the functions of his body parts mixed up?

[Alex4Martinez]

21. If anyone deserves to contract the virus, it is this man.

Too harsh?

I don't think so.

[malaise]

22. Let me be kind

Fuck that fucking fuck