Here’s a question for you: Who do you consider to be the stupidest person in the entire U.S. Senate? Ted Cruz? Josh Hawley?
Or might it be Rand Paul (R-KY)? That seems to be the general consensus after Paul suggested that President Joe Biden “burn his mask” as a way of encouraging Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
HuffPost notes that Paul made his idiotic remarks during an appearance on Fox News:
“If you want more people to get vaccinated, Joe Biden should go on national TV, take his mask off and burn it.
“Light a torch to it and burn his mask and say, ‘I’ve had the vaccine, I am now safe from this plague. If you get the vaccine, you can be safe, too.'”
Sen. Paul made his absurd suggestion in response to remarks from Dr. Anthony Fauci that vaccinated people can still infect others with coronavirus and therefore should continue to wear masks as a protective measure.
President Biden said the same thing Wednesday: Masks will be necessary “until the number of cases go down, until everyone has a chance to get their shot.”
Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the only people who should go without a mask is very limited:
“Those who have been fully vaccinated can go maskless inside with other fully vaccinated people or ‘one household of unvaccinated people who are not at risk for severe illness.'”
For his stupidity, Rand Paul was pelted with derision on social media:
Rand Paul is a joke. No wonder he keeps getting reelected in the Bluegrass State.
