>>192602, >>192604, >>192605, >>192606, >>192607, >>192608, >>192609, >>192610, >>192611, >>192612, >>192613, >>192614, >>192615, >>192616, >>192617, >>192618, >>192619, >>192620, >>192621, >>192622, >>192623, >>192624, >>192625, >>192626, >>192627, >>192628, >>192629, >>192630, >>192631, >>192632, >>192633, >>192634, >>192635, >>192636, >>192637, >>192638, >>192639, >>192640, >>192641, >>192642, >>192643, >>192644, >>192645, >>192646, >>192647, >>192648, >>192649, >>192650, >>192651, >>192652, >>192653 Pat Adams @PatAdams96 - Video: At the height of COVID insanity, CNBC’s Rick Santelli took on his liberal cohost and argued powerfully against the anti-science lockdowns that were shuttering churches and small businesses: Andrew Ross Sorkin: Hold on. The difference between a big-box retailer and a restaurant, or frankly even a church, are so different it’s unbelievable. Rick Santelli: I disagree. I disagree! Sorkin: Going into a big-box retailer, you’re wearing a mask. Santelli: I disagree. You can have your thoughts and I can have mine. Sorkin: You’re required to wear a mask. It’s science. I’m sorry. It’s science. If you’re wearing a mask, it’s a different story. Santelli: It’s not science! Five hundred people in a Lowe’s aren’t any safer than 150 people in a restaurant that holds 600. I don’t believe it! Sorry, I don’t believe it. And I live in an area where there’s a lot of restaurants that have fought back and they don’t have any problems, and they’re open. Sorkin: You don’t have to believe it. But let me just say this: You’re doing a disservice to the viewer because the viewers need to understand it. Santelli: You are doing a disservice to the viewer. You are. You are. Sorkin: I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I would like to keep our viewers as healthy as humanly possible. The idea of packing people into restaurants and packing people into a Best Buy are completely different things. They’re different things. Santelli: I think our viewers are smart enough to make part of those decisions on their own. I don’t think I’m much smarter than all the viewers, like some people do! Quote: Variety @Variety CNBC Veteran Rick Santelli to Exit in October https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cnbc-rick-santelli-exit-1236851581/ https://x.com/PatAdams96/status/2096199918750720334