Tucker Carlson rips Biden for wearing mask on Zoom call as host suggest president is scared of ‘digital Covid’
FOX News host Tucker Carlson jokes Joe Biden was seen on a Zoom conference in a mask because he was worried about catching "digital Covid."
"It turns out that COVID is digitally transmissible," the controversial host said on Tuesday night's broadcast. "It travels through the fibers through WiFi now. The virus embeds itself among the ones and zeros and then springs unsuspectedly and is ready to strike from any available hotspot."
was seen on camera wearing a mask, providing plenty of material for others to poke fun of the president.
More than 40 world leaders, 14 Cabinet members, eight CEOs and even Pope Francis were in attendance, and Biden was not the only person wearing a mask.
Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Prime Minister of Bhutan Lotay Tshering were all seen wearing masks during the summit.
"The message as his flack explained is that Joe Biden is putting in place precautions, those of course would be sensible precautions against Zoom."
"The old digital COVID could be anywhere where there's an internet connection, there's a pandemic, to match up on those zoom calls, ladies and gentlemen."
"Given we're in the digital media business and we would hate to bear that burden," he joked. "In the end, the White House never really did explain why Joe Biden was wearing a face mask on Zoom call after getting fully vaccinated."