Stephen Colbert Rails Against Florida Judge For Blocking Mask Mandate

Stephen Colbert isn't surprised the federal mask mandate met its end in Florida. On Tuesday night, The Late Show host railed against both Tampa-based judge who struck down the mandate for public transportation and the state itself. "You can't let Florida make health decisions for the entire country!" said Colbert. "That's not smart — the Florida food pyramid is just gator jerky and meth!"

"This judge claimed that the C.D.C. exceeded their legal authority by requiring masks and that their power was limited to things like cleaning property, not requiring people to take hygienic steps," he added. "Yes, you cannot force people to follow basic hygiene. You can only make them clean property, explains the new bathroom sign: 'Before returning to work, employees must wash this sign.'"

Colbert went on to call the Florida judge a "dummy" for stating that wearing a mask "traps virus droplets" and nothing else. "That's the mask's job!" he said. "That's like saying, 'This diaper is useless. Every time I put one on my baby, it fills up with poop! That's not doing anything!'"

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs weeknights at 11:35 PM ET on CBS.

Claire Spellberg Lustig is the Senior Editor at Primetimer and a scholar of The View. Follow her on Twitter at @c_spellberg.