“This entire country has paid the price for political leaders who ignored the science when it comes to the pandemic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that moves by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and others to lift statewide Covid restrictions showed “Neanderthal thinking.”
“I think it’s a big mistake. I hope everyone has realized right now these masks make a difference,” Biden said of the decision to lift mask mandates and other Covid mitigation measures. “We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we are able to get vaccines in people’s arms.”
The president’s remark came after both Texas and Mississippi issued executive orders Tuesday to eliminate mask mandates and let all business open at 100 percent capacity, flying in the face of health officials who have urged continued Covid restrictions. Biden has signed an executive order requiring mask-wearing on federal property but has little authority to overrule governors and other state and local officials.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday called on Americans to continue wearing masks and practice other pandemic mitigation measures even as governors in some states lift Covid restrictions.
“This entire country has paid the price for political leaders who ignored the science when it comes to the pandemic,” Psaki said. “People are starting to feel a little bit better in some cases. You go to the grocery store and there’s Clorox wipes available. A year into this, that feels better, but there’s still more that needs to be done. We need to remain vigilant.”
“We’re not asking people just to listen to the president,” she also said. “Of course, we recommend that, but we ask people to listen to health experts, medical experts, the CDC, to Dr. Fauci, to others who are basing their recommendations on how to save people’s lives.”
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki called on Americans to continue wearing masks even as some governors are relaxing or altogether lifting Covid restrictionshttps://t.co/ZwTibyM9kS
— POLITICO (@politico) March 3, 2021
President Biden on Texas and Mississippi lifting their statewide mask mandates: "I think it's a big mistake…It's critical, critical, critical that they follow the science…" pic.twitter.com/ETcTJw04ij
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 3, 2021
Seems to me we all have brains. We can critically think. So if we are in a state that has thrown caution to the wind, we can continue in our own to wear masks, socially distance, avoid crowds and so on.
That’s right. People don’t have to throw their masks away because their governor makes a bad decision. They don’t have to follow them off the cliff.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn: "I don't think [President Biden has] got a lot to say about preaching to my state." https://t.co/zg3uFbdcfu pic.twitter.com/gD8ziaiEZA
— The Hill (@thehill) March 4, 2021
Reeves slams Biden criticism: "Mississippians don't need handlers" https://t.co/98zzdlpOSN pic.twitter.com/IeHzP9N48Y
— The Hill (@thehill) March 4, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended his decision to roll back a statewide mask mandate this morning and denounced Biden for calling the move “neanderthal thinking” — continuing a cycle of conservative outrage over the critical remark from the White House https://t.co/kUHpDHG93V
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2021
That’s just Biden being Biden. Ha ha ha. Too bad they weren’t more concerned when Trump used to call names, belittle and humiliate people who didn’t agree with him. What Biden said was not said about a person but a type of thinking. He didn’t get personal with his statement.
It’s honestly one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. We’ll never know how many lives anti-mask sentiment cost. Again, it’s such a small thing, and masking always was a way to make re-opening safer and faster.
— David French (@DavidAFrench) March 5, 2021
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