Unmasked and Unhinged

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On the Gist, anti-maskers are getting the coronavirus. In the interview, Dr. Jennifer Mercieca is here to discuss her new book, Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. She and Mike talk about the origins of Trump's verbal tactics, and how he's been able to manipulate information. They also touch on the variety of ways presidents appeal to the people, and Joe Biden's best route forward in that regard. In the spiel, making a case for uppercase. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Following program may offend those with delicate constitutions.
0:03.7	B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B.
0:07.4	Wednesday, July 29th, 2020, from slated to just-time Mike Pasca.
0:12.2	In a sane world, Louis Gomerte would be an important voice of the French New Wave,
0:18.0	or perhaps the pseudonym that Hyrum Silverbush used when penning his romantic novels of the American West.
0:24.9	But no, this is an insane world,
0:27.8	and Louis Gomerte is a quasi-sane legislator from the great state of Texas.
0:33.6	Today, Louis Gomerte announced his current state to the world.
0:38.0	Apparently I have the Wuhan virus.
0:40.4	That's right, Louis, keep your eyes on the real challenge here,
0:43.2	labeling this infection the thing that could kill you in a manner that's entirely consistent with your political talking points.
0:51.2	If shot, I suppose Louis Gomerte will call out,
0:53.8	oh no, I've been subject to the free exercise of a citizen's second amendment rights.
0:59.4	Gomerte, a chief congressional supporter of Donald Trump,
1:02.7	and a very vocal mask, a skeptic, had a theory as to why he may have contracted COVID-19,
1:10.5	and that theory blamed the mask.
1:12.2	It is interesting, and I don't know about everybody,
1:15.1	but when I have a mask on, I'm moving it to make it comfortable,
1:19.9	and I can't help but wonder if that puts some germs in the mask if he stands off your mask.
1:27.7	If there were germs on the mask,
1:29.5	clinging on the outside, then without the mask,
1:31.9	wouldn't they just be on your face or lips?
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