>> Nearly 200,000 Americans have died during the pandemic because of coronavirus. And so
you would think that the sheer number of deaths, or the fact that Bob Woodward finally released
the audio showing that Trump is intentionally downplaying coronavirus. Would persuade some
of Trump's supporters to take the pandemic more seriously.
But that's actually not the case. Trump held a rally in Michigan. It was absolutely packed.
Most people were not wearing masks. Most people were not socially distancing. And when a few
of them were asked about it, here's how they responded.
>> Why are you guys not wearing masks?
>> I have one with me. It's my prerogative. >> But why not wear one just to stay safe?
>> I have a hard time understanding people when they talk, so that's why I don't wear
it. >> But you can hear me right now?
>> I can hear you.
>> Sir, can you tell me why are you not wearing your mask?
>> Because there is no COVID, it's a fake pandemic. Created to destroy the United States
of America. >> But the President said to Bob Woodward
that there is a virus, the coronavirus and that it is deadly.
>> That's his opinion. The truth is that the CDC said that only less than 10,000 people
died from COVID, the other 190,000 have 2.6 or 2.8 other mortalities.
>> Does it worry you guys at all to be in this crowded space with all these people?
>> I'm not afraid.
The good Lord takes care of me, if I die, I die. We gotta get this country moving. What
are gonna do? Wear masks and stay inside for another year?
>> You know what? >> Praise the Lord.
>> I kinda believe that last guy though, I kinda believe him.
>> Thank you, Jesus. >> Look, I'm not hoping for bad things to
happen to anyone. I'm just trying to make a point here to explain why I believe that
last guy. Like Pat Robertson is still alive, it kind of blows my mind. He's looked the
same for the last 20 years, which is he looks like he's about to go, right?
But he's like, no, I'm hanging in there. I hate gay people, I hate everyone, death to
you all. You know what I mean? It's amazing how long these kinds of people live. So I
don't know, but was. >> The blood of Jesus. I'm washed in the blood
of Jesus.
He's gonna save me from coronavirus. I don't know what to even do with that. He said that
was President Trump's opinion. At a certain point, folks got to understand too and I know
we killed Hillary for the deplorables comment and all of that, but at a certain point it's
not about Trump, man.
These people are who they are, right? They feel how they feel, and it's from generations
and generations and generations of bullshit that's been heaped upon them. I'm not trying
to talk down or be condescending, or be whatever, belittling to these people. The president
can say it in clear, plain as day.
It's real, people have died, but they don't care! It's not about the president, man. It's
about the conditions of this country and again, the Republican Party obviously plays their
part in deluding these people. And not just the party, of course stuff like Fox News and
hate radio, which I think is by far the most damaging stuff.
These are just Limbaugh's people, right? >> Mm-hm.
>> At a certain point, it doesn't matter what President Trump is caught saying on the phone.
They're listening to this stuff and sort of consuming it all day, every day. That's another
thing studies have shown that somebody, your average democratic voter, right?
Probably watches the 8 o'clock news, might watch Rachel, or Chris Hayes, or CNN with
whoever is on over there. Might do an hour of it and move on their lives. These people
are listening to Conservative talk radio all day long when they're not watching Fox News
all day long, it's different.
>> It's worse than that. I mean, I gotta look into the breakdown of Facebook users, like
demographics wise. Because I would bet that the majority of users are older at this point,
just based on anecdotal evidence. But Facebook I mean, it's the wild wild wild west when
it comes to-
>> Successful. >> When it comes to, it's a successful, absolutely.
It's infuriating because my mom watches this show every day. And here's the evidence, my
mom's a reasonable person but she's on Facebook all day. And I don't know what to do because
she'll come at me with, did you know Bill Gates wants to install chips in our bodies?
Like nonsense crazy conspiracy theories. And I was like, and look the worst way to respond
is to get angry but I can't help it like I get angry because like I expect better from
my family members. But you got to calmly try to explain what the truth is because I don't
think anyone is necessarily too far gone.
But I do agree with you that a lot of people who support Trump are.
>> Yeah. >> And so I want to go back to what I said
yesterday about Bob Woodward, sitting on the audio and refusing to release it until he
was ready to promote his book.
I still stand by that statement. And I think that there's a miscommunication that I want
to clarify. I don't think that it matters whether Woodward releases it months ago or
releases it now. I'm not thinking about Trump supporters. I'm thinking about average, rational,
logical Americans, many of whom did not take coronavirus seriously in February.
I certainly didn't, I didn't think that coronavirus was as bad as it was. February 7th, Trump
explains in great detail how devastating and disastrous this virus is. Late February, I
go on a cruise. Guess what? Had I heard that audio, I'm not going on that cruise.
>> Right.
>> I'm just not. >> Yep.
>> So the country is not just about Trump supporters.
>> What frustrates me is like Liberals in this country are just like, we gotta get Trump
out, we gotta get Trump out. No, no, it's good, it's good that he released it now.
Who cares if 200,000 people died, it's good that he released it now because it's close
to the election and Trump supporters aren't gonna care about it and maybe, wait, that's
right. No, I don't care about Trump supporters. I care about rational human beings who could
have really used that information early on to take the proper precautions.