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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

ICYMI - Last Week's Top Stories Including Mask Wars, College During COVID-19 & More

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Daily News, Comedy, News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Trevor breaks down the week's top stories, including the politicization of face masks, how colleges are adapting to social distance, and the battle over reopening some states. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.7

BAM!

0:10.7

So, the question remains, why are so many Americans resistant to wearing a mask in public?

0:16.9

I mean, maybe it's a comfort thing?

0:18.9

Maybe it's an aversion to taking orders.

0:20.7

Or maybe they just want to show off that pasty quarantine skin.

0:23.8

Another reason might be that their leaders are leading by example.

0:28.0

Only the wrong example.

0:30.0

The CDC is advising the use of non-medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure.

0:38.6

So it's voluntary. You don't have to do it.

0:40.4

I don't think I'm going to be doing it.

0:41.7

US Vice President Mike Pence now says he should have worn a mask during his visit to the renowned Mayo Clinic last week.

0:49.1

Governor Eric Ocombe is apologizing this morning after a Facebook photo shows him taking a selfie with two people and not wearing a mask.

0:55.8

This Ohio State representative says he won't be wearing a mask because of religious reasons.

1:00.9

Republican representative Nino Vitale says our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.

1:06.1

And one of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God.

1:11.2

And that image is seen the most by our face.

1:14.1

Okay. Wow.

1:17.1

That is a bold religious stance from that low maker.

1:21.2

And I don't know if going out without a mask is a way to honor God,

1:26.0

but it's definitely a way to meet him sooner.

1:28.2

Like, where is he even getting this from?

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