David Letterman Lays Into Mike Pence For ‘Taunting’ Sick COVID-19 Patients By Not Wearing Mask At Hospital
David Letterman told Howard Stern during the April 28 episode of his podcast that he was “disgusted” to see Vice President Mike Pence visit sick COVID-19 patients at the Mayo Clinic. The famed hospital, located in Rochester, Minnesota, requires all visitors to wear protective face masks in order to avoid spreading the coronavirus further. Despite being the leader of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, Pence defied the rule by walking through the hospital unprotected and standing directly at COVID-19 patients’ bedsides. Letterman, 73, said on Howard Stern that he knew fans didn’t generally like when he spoke about politics, but he couldn’t ignore this blunder.