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This airplane. it has nothing to do with freedom. has nothing to do with liberty. you dont have the freedom and the liberty to put other people in jeopardy. you dont have that. you have to -- you have to drive the speed limit. you have to obey the rules. put some rules in place, that will demand that people get vaccinated. you cant just go around and say, well, look, its my freedom and my liberty. i want to go 150 miles an hour, if i want to. sure, you can but you have to suffer the consequences...

But when your freedom kills someone else, what kind of freedom is that? what about their freedom? freedom to ignore the science and the facts. thats what got us where we are tonight. and as i said, this is not just a red state or a blue state thing. there are republicans who are sounding the alarm, trying to convince the unvaccinated to save their lives and the lives of their loved ones before it is too late. maybe it -- it might be too late. i dont know. i hope its not. i really do. but im real...

Do you want the flreedom to get sick? to be hospitalized or worse? worse. do they want the freedom to be lying in an overcrowded hospital, struggling for every, single breath? do they want that freedom for people they love to be infected with a deadly virus? freedom not to follow the facts, if your freedom kills people? what kind of freedom is that? what kind of freedom do they really want? >> with freedom comes responsibility. the decision to be unvaccinated impacts someone else. unvaccinated p...

What kind of freedom is that? what kind of freedom do they really want? >> with freedom, comes responsibility. your decision to be unvaccinated impacts someone else. unvaccinated people spread the virus. they get sick, and fill up our hospitals. and that means if someone else has a heart attack or breaks a hip, there may not be a hospital bed for them. >> freedom! but when your freedom kills someone else, what kind of freedom is that? what about their freedom? freedom to ignore the science and t...

Families when they get sick is that it doesnt have to be you. i mean, there are a lot of people. sure, youve got that trump wing. and absolutely, we showed the numbers tonight. 37% of the unvaccinated are white republicans. um, but it doesnt have to be like that. and if its about being hesitant, talk to your doctor, listen to the information. lets keep these dialogues going. but if its about this idea of a perverse exercise of freedom that is really just infringing on the freedom of everybody el...

Politicizing of it. you would have to ignore the anti-science, anti-fact-based garbage that far too many republicans have been prompting and promoting all throughout of this -- throughout this. the claims the virus was totally under control. just going to go away like a miracle, right? go away like a miracle, prompting bogus cures like hydroxy chloroquine. or light in the body, injecting disinfectant. mocking wearing masks. ignore the science. ignore the facts. freedom. and the republican denier...

No to restrictions. and no mandates. floridians are free to choose, and all americans should be free to choose how they govern their affairs. >> first of all, no one is talking about lockdowns or -- or closing schools. but it might have to happen. if you dont get vaccinated. thats the whole point, sir. the issue at hand is vaccination, which the governor has said that he supports. thats what i mean about talking out of both sides of your mouth. i support the vaccination but you dont -- your free...

Day, don, its got to be neighbor to neighbor and family member to family member. >> im looking at the data. and im asking you if mandates -- my question was are mandates the answer? i understand. >> some places -- in some places, theyre going to do it. businesses. >> okay. go on. >> and businesses are saying you got to get vaccinated. if you dont get vaccinated -- >> but is it the answer? will you just answer my question? are -- are -- is it -- are mandates the answer, john? can you just answer ...

Really need to do this. we have to wear masks and so on. it becomes an exercise in defiance, rather than, you know, protecting yourself and your neighbors. so, this is a really complex communications challenge. and i -- you know, look, i think the presidents fighting his heart out here. and most public officials, republican and democrat, or -- are. but there are others who have seen this as a political opportunity to fight, you know -- to fight, you know, this -- this -- this phony -- this phony...

What kind of freedom do people want, when they say theyre not getting vaccinated because they believe in freedom? >> were for freedom, baby. we are for freedom, all the way, and thats what we love. >> yeah, well, i should know about being for freedom. my people. you cant put on a mask? really? do we want the freedom to get sick, to be hospitalized, or worse? worse? do they want the freedom to be lying in an overcrowded hospital? struggling for every single breath? do they want that freedom, for ...