He cited a Gallup poll on attitudes toward continuing to wear masks going forward, which showed that a huge majority of Republicans think people who are vaccinated, healthy, and not showing symptoms should “lead their normal lives.” “71% of Democrats: stay home. Keep cowering,” Maher said. “I see people on the street walking outside with a mask on, like you f*cking moron! I just want to shout at them outside the car, you’re a moron! You never could get it outside, really, and you’re alone walking on the street with a mask?” he said. Guest Rachel Bitecofer, a Democratic strategist and analyst, responded that “it is stupid, and it’s a rejection of science.” “You can’t say on one end, we’ve got to listen to the science and the data, and then when science says you can’t get Covid outside and you never could and you don’t need a mask anymore, be like, oh, I’m just not going to do it!”