Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis became irritated Wednesday during a press conference upon seeing masked up students, telling them they can take their masks off because “it’s not doing anything.”

“You do not have to wear those masks,” DeSantis said while speaking at the University of South Florida. “Please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything. We’ve gotta stop with this COVID theater. So if you wanna wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.”

WFLA reporter Evan Donovan said the students seen in the video were likely high school students from the Hillsborough School District.