Fox News guest Mike Rowe praises Bill Bennett’s coronavirus denialism: “He’s going to get incredible blowback”
Rowe: “We're trapped in this prison of two ideas. Right? Where over here, we have to all do the same thing, and cooperate in an extraordinary fashion.”
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Citation From the April 13, 2020, edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends
MIKE ROWE (TV PERSONALITY): I heard in the break that I was going to be giving advice to small business owners, and I knew that was coming, and I've been thinking about something smart to say. And then I listened to Bill Bennett, and then I just watched that tornado report. And you know what, man? I don't have advice. I'm — I was so struck by what Bill Bennett said, and I was also struck by the fact that he's going to get incredible blowback for saying it.
And I just want to say, first of all, that I think this is part of the problem. We're trapped in this prison of two ideas. Right? Where over here, we have to all do the same thing, and cooperate in an extraordinary fashion — and if we do anything over here, to reasonably question any of the information, we are essentially shut down.
And that, I think, is where these small businesses are stuck. They've been listening to people like me, like you, experts and politicians, they pop up on TV and they — they say things that feel like bromides, or platitudes. Right? We're all trying to say something that applies to everyone. And I think, from what I've seen, it's just impossible to do that.
Maybe your small business is a salon. Maybe it's a mechanical heating contracting business. Maybe it's like mine — I have eight employees. There're millions of small business people, all faced with a totally different set of challenges, even though we're all basically in the same boat. And I'm scared, honestly, to say something that might be relevant to one, but completely irrelevant to somebody else. So I'm going to try and — I'm going to try and stay in my own lane here, for once, and talk about stuff I know about.