President Biden has “bigger issues” to worry about than following his own rule about wearing a face mask on federal property, according to White House press secretary Jennifer Psaki.
The new president ditched his face mask for a period of time while addressing the public Wednesday from the Lincoln Memorial, on federal land, and as he stood at the foot of the statue of the nation’s 16th president, C-SPAN footage shows. He put his mask on after the address. Hours earlier, he had signed a mandate requiring masks on federal property, as well as on interstate public travel.
The older Biden grandchildren and Biden’s daughter Ashley were also spotted without masks.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy questioned the press secretary about the Biden family’s maskless moments during a Thursday briefing. Psaki said that the president had been “celebrating” a “historic day in our country.” She said he’d been surrounded by family.
She said that the mask mandate had “sent a message” to the public about the importance of mask-wearing.
“We take a number of Covid precautions here, as you know,” Psaki continued. “I don’t know that I have more for you on it than that.”
Doocy pointed to a phrase Biden coined in his Inaugural address about leading “not merely by the example of our power but… (Read more)
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