Child actor, Rick Schroder,
who I didn't know the existence of,
until today.
He was the star of Silver Spoons,
a show I didn't know the existence
of, until today.
Threw a temper tantrum outside of
a Costco in Los Angeles because
the Costco in Los Angeles still has
a policy that ensures that its
patrons wear a mask when they're
inside.
Now, Schroder is not happy about
this, and so
he decides to give this poor Costco
worker, hell.
But I do want to commend the Costco
worker for keeping his composure.
Let's watch.
>> What's your name?
>> My name is Jason.
>> And what do you do here?
>> I'm a supervisor,
friend and supervisor.
>> And why aren't you
letting me in?
>> Because in the state of
California and
the County of Los Angeles,
there has been no- >> And Costco.
>> And Costco, there has been no
changes in the mask policy.
>> Yes there has been changes.
>> Not in the state of California
or in the County of Los Angeles.
>> Didn't you see the news?
You didn't see the news.
Nationwide Costco that said you
don't need to wear a mask.
>> Actually that's not accurate.
>> What is accurate?
>> So, what is accurate
is the Costco always goes above and
beyond when following the law, and
the mandate in California has not
changed.
There does seem to be
the possibility that in June,
by mid-June, that's a date that
California, I know, is looking at.
>> All the failed hours,
if they grant us that, our kings,
the people in power, you're
going to listen to these people?
>> Well, I know they- >> They
destroyed our economy.
They're destroying our culture,
they're destroying our state.
>> I hear you.
>> And you're just going to
listen to their rules?
>> Well, what we are going to do is
simply follow the guidelines.
>> Okay, I'm getting my refund.
I'm getting my refund from Costco.
I suggest everybody in California
get their refund from Costco.
Give up your membership to Costco
until they remove this.
>> Okay, well, this hasn't changed
in any building in California, in
any company that I'm aware of, the
places I shop sill require masks.
But that's not the point, the point
is Costco is simply abiding by
the law, and that's the law.
>> There's my refund.
You're the manager?
>> I'm the manager.
>> Okay, I'm suggesting everybody
in California get a refund from
Costco until this rule is lifted.
>> My favorite part about that
video is the woman who gives him
the receipt for the refund.
It was cut off in the clip that we
showed you but she just kind of was
like, okay, [LAUGH] walks away,
calmest workers on the planet.
But, of course, you have the super
obnoxious guy who would, I mean,
make me super irritable.
But just a few things I want to
know, before I go to you, Cenk.
So, there seems to be
a misunderstanding, not just by
Schroder, but many other people.
About the difference between a CDC
guidance which is not some sort of
government regulation or law, and
then actual,
government regulation and laws.
Now, in California where this
exchange happened, Governor Gavin
Newsom has indicated that he wants
Californians to continue
wearing their masks indoors,
even if they're fully vaccinated,
through June 15th, okay?
>> Mm-hm.
>> So, each state has its own
policies, its own regulations.
And then on top of that,
you have to keep in mind that
private businesses are going to
have their own policies.
And, in this case,
Costco has decided they still want
their customers to wear
masks while they're inside.
What are you going to do?
Are you
going to force a private company,
private companies that maybe
wouldn't want to bake a gay cake?
Are you going to force them to
bake gay cakes?
Are you going to force them to
prevent people from wearing masks?
This is a question that
conservatives need to answer.
>> Yeah, they're not going to
answer any questions.
[LAUGH] So, first of all,
let's just note the irony.
He played a spoiled kid in
Silver Spoons, and now he's acting
like a spoiled brat.
And, by the who, what have you done
since your 1982 sitcom?
because I'm not saying loser and
entitled.
So my money from the 1980s sitcom,
and I don't want anybody
taking it, okay?
That's why I love being Republican
freedom.
I should keep my money,
I want to keep my money.
I want freedom.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.
Okay, so,
I just like the randomness of this.
because he could have gone
anywhere, it's a state law.
If you go to a grocery store,
you have to wear a mask.
If you go to a pharmacy,
you have to wear a mask.
I can name you, literally,
every place, and
you have to wear a mask,
because it's a state law.
And so, the companies are following
the state law,
their mandate to their workers is,
you have to wear a mask and you
have to ask people to wear a mask.
Otherwise, we're not in compliance
with the law, we'll get in trouble.
And if you don't ask people
to do that,
I'm going to have to let you go,
because that's the mandate, right?
And so- >> Mandate by our kings.
>> By our kings.
[LAUGH] >> No, we elected them.
And you guys are trying to recall
Gavin Newsom.
I got no love for Gavin Newsom.
I think the recall's silly, but,
no, we elected him,
we can unelect him.
We might be in the middle of
unelecting him now,
that means he's not a king, right?
And so, if he was a king,
you wouldn't bother doing
a recall effort, or the recall
effort would have weapons, okay?
So, that's not how this system
works, and
you obviously don't understand it.
But he's like, that's it,
I want a refund from Costco.
Okay, are you going to get a refund
from the grocery store?
Are you not going to buy any
groceries?
I mean, what are you going to do?
How are you going to live, right?
>> Yeah, that's a good point.
And, by the way, Costco,
very generous with their refunds.
Sometimes you don't even have to
show up with a receipt.
>> Wow, well that's [INAUDIBLE]-
>> Yeah. >> For Costco.
>> That Dyson vacuum.
>> And apparently they have very
friendly employees.
[LAUGH] >> No, that guy was like,
yes sir.
A friend and
supervisor [LAUGH] [LAUGH]
>> Who doesn't love that guy?
>> Yeah, but brother, I don't
know when we became friends,
but I like it, I'm buying into it.
>> Jason.
>> That's my name, Jason.
I'm a friend and supervisor.
[LAUGH] >> Yes you are, Jason.
Yes, you're friend and
to all rational people.
>> Yeah. >> So, and
now finally Ana's points, so good,
right?
We got freedom.
Now make those private corporations
do what we want.
That is not conservative, at all.
I know that the conservative
movement doesn't exist anymore.
There is no ideology behind it.
There are no principles behind it.
It's just a bunch of people saying,
freedom, and cops should be able to
kill black people.
And stop taking
my money from taxes.
I don't want to help anyone else.
I just want to be selfish and
hide all my money.
That's the Republican Party.
That's it, that's it,
I'm done with it.
That's the entire Republican Party.
So, it's unsurprising that
they would have a fool like
Rick Schroder, who has never done
anything in his life, except he got
head of the show when he was a kid.
>> Mm-hm.
>> When he was a kid.
It's not like he was like,
he worked hard and stuff like that.
You look like you're a spoiled kid,
come on you do it, right?
[LAUGH] And so, it turns out
whoever did the casting for
Silver Spoons, you nailed it.
>> Nailed it.
[LAUGH] >> But there's something
with these child actors because,
Scott Baio was a child actor,
right?
>> Yeah. >> I mean-
>> In a sense, yeah.
>> By the time he was the star of
Charles in Charge,
I think he was an adult, right?
>> Yes, yes, he was a child actor.
>> because he was Charles in Charge
in our days and our lives.
>> [LAUGH] Right, yes. >> Right?
>> Yes, he was a child actor in
Happy Days, of course.
>> That's right, that's right.
>> And then there was a spin offs.
And then there was
Charles in Charge.
>> Well, Scott Baio has weighed
in on this.
>> Thanks god, another child actor.
>> Yeah. >> What did he have
to say?
>> He says the Costco
manager/employee said,
it's a law to wear the mask.
It's not a law,
it is a mandate from the dictators.
>> Well, by the way,
even if that were true,
it would still be a law.
[LAUGH] Dictators make laws.
They have a different way of making
laws, but it's not like in
North Korea, there aren't any laws.
It's just the dictator makes them.
[LAUGH] They
don't care about anything.
We're not going to follow a man
because we don't believe in
democracy.
I mean, look at the irony of that.
So, people vote for a governor,
he passes a law.
And they vote for legislators, and
they pass a law.
And these guys go, dictators.
So, I'm not going to
follow the law.
Now, in other words, you don't
believe in the rule of law, and
you don't believe in democracy,
while you're ironically calling the
people in the democracy, dictators.
How's that for a twist?
But it's okay, guys.
Bottom line is conservatives,
logic not required.
>> One of our viewers sent me this
link about Rick Schroder,
who he just did a story on.
Apparently Rick Schroder put up
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
order to bail Kyle Rittenhouse out.
He was the one
who posted- >> All right.
>> Bail for him.
Rick Schroder explains bail for
Kenosha shooter, Kyle Rittenhouse.
He murdered two people, by the way.
It made me mad that he was in
custody.
>> Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old that
went with a weapon into the middle
of protests, and
then provoked people, and
then shot and killed them.
So, Rick Schroder, apparently,
is a terrible,
terrible human being.
He's not just a clown.
He's a dangerous clown.
>> Yeah. >> So- >> So
thank you to Jeremy.
>> Yeah. >> For reminding me
about that.