00:00It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say,
00:03we knew how to protect you and we didn't do it. We have access to a technology to prevent
00:08airborne disease, something that millions of our ancestors and millions of people around
00:12the world today would kill for, and we refuse to use it. And I shudder to think of where we
00:18will be in another five years of unmitigated infection and reinfection.
00:22Meghan McCain slammed Nepo baby Violet Affleck's call for mask mandates after her impassioned
00:29speech at the United Nations, calling it patently absurd. In a post on X, McCain wrote,
00:35every single thing about all of this is why people hate Nepo babies so much. McCain had
00:40written this alongside a repost of the teen's speech, referring to the fact that the activist
00:45is the eldest child of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Gardner. Despite quickly deleting her initial
00:50post, the conservative political commentator doubled down on her criticism with several
00:56posts on X. In a separate lengthy post, she acknowledged that she is a Nepo baby herself,
01:02writing,
01:02First, it takes one to know one. Say whatever you want about me. My parents would have never
01:08been okay with me speaking in front of the United Nations at 19 about a health issue I had no
01:13background, training, or experience in. McCain also insisted that, quote,
01:18Anyone advocating that I mask my kids all day in 2025 I think is insane, and that is my right.
01:26Violet is often photographed wearing a face covering while out with her parents,
01:30while Meghan on her part has been outspoken against COVID-19 restrictions. She called wearing
01:35masks stupid in a July 2021 episode of The View, and that May shamed Americans who still choose to wear
01:42masks.
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