Washington Post hits Biden for claim that 'pandemic is over': 'We are not there yet'

Sep 20, 2022 View Original Article
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    52% Negative

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"If you notice, no one's wearing a mask, everybody seems to be in pretty good shape, Biden added."
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40% Conservative
"Already, Mr. Biden's request for additional funding for vaccines, diagnostic testing and therapeutics has languished."
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18% Conservative
"CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley asked Biden during the interview if the pandemic was over."
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10% Conservative
"We're still doing a lot of work on it, Biden responded while walking through the Detroit auto show."
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6% Conservative
"Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports from the North Lawn on a rapidly-changing rhetoric on COVID-19 coming from the Biden administration on 'Special Report.'"
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2% Conservative
"If 'the pandemic is over' as Biden says, then all of the President's emergency powers predicated on a pandemic, all COVID vax mandates, the emergency powers of every governor, Emergency Use Authorizations, and the PREP act should all be voided tomorrow, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said."
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2% Conservative
"If 'the pandemic is over' as Biden says, then all of the President's emergency powers predicated on a pandemic, all COVID vax mandates, the emergency powers of every governor, Emergency Use Authorizations, and the PREP act should all be voided tomorrow, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said."
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2% Conservative
"Biden was also asked about ruing for re-election in 2024 and about whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan."
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-6% Liberal
"The editorial added the reason for Biden's comments was obvious.The midterm elections are coming, and Americans feel an overwhelming sense of fatigue, the board said."
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-10% Liberal
"Some conservatives, on the other hand, wondered why Biden was still using his COVID-19 emergency powers if he felt the pandemic was over."
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-10% Liberal
"The Washington Post editorial board called out President Biden on Monday for his claim that the pandemic is over and said we are not there yet.But before rushing out to the ticker-tape parade, sit down."
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-14% Liberal
"BIDEN ON IF HE'S RUNNING AGAIN IN 2024: 'THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN,' NO 'FIRM DECISION'"
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-18% Liberal
"CRITICS FLOOD TWITTER AFTER BIDEN DECLARES COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS OVER: 'IRRESPONSIBLE AND MISLEADING'"
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-24% Liberal
"Perhaps the biggest worry stemming from Mr. Biden's comment is that it will further undermine political resolve in Congress to keep up the fight against covid."
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-24% Liberal
"MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan said, one of the (many) reasons [people] are not wearing masks is because people like Biden keep (falsely) telling them the pandemic is over."
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-26% Liberal

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