"In California, Gavin Newsom, he closed churches but kept open strip club which I appreciated and he kept open the liquor stores and the weed stores. It was like, what? And then closed private businesses. He said if you have more than 1,000 people [when you] perform, then they have to bring their vaccine cards. So I said, OK, just sell 999 tickets.' I'm not going to force anyone to do anything."
"That is a form of coercion, he said. That's something out of the 1940s with the Japanese interment an American citizen, all of a sudden you weren't. So, you always have to be aware historically that you're an American citizen until you're not because these Japanese citizens had everything taken away from them and were thrown into camps. These were American citizens. So that's something we need to be aware of."
Rob Schneider limited ticket sales to 999 to avoid California's mandate requiring vaccine cards at events with 1,000 or more attendees. Schneider described inconsistent state pandemic policies, citing closed churches while strip clubs, liquor stores, and marijuana retailers remained open. Vaccine requirements prevented attendance at some concerts and Broadway shows, which he characterized as coercive and likened to historical Japanese internment that stripped citizens of rights. Many small businesses and restaurants were shuttered during COVID restrictions. The mandate referenced was changed to a recommendation in 2022. Schneider also criticized fiscal responses such as money printing and the resulting devaluation of taxpayers' money.
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