President Biden’s top spokesman dismissed a question about the commander – in – chief’s masquerading appearance despite his own mandate on Wednesday night and told reporters he was ‘celebrating an evening of a historic day’ and that he ‘had greater problems worrying about’ ‘.
The response from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki came a day after Biden was spotted naked at the Lincoln Memorial, hours after he signed an executive order requiring the use of masks on federal property.
“He’s celebrating an evening of a historic day in our country and he’s definitely signed the mask mandate, because it’s a way to send a message to the American public about the importance of wearing masks, how it’s tens of thousands can save lives, “Psaki stumbled during a press briefing on Thursday.
“We take a number of COVID precautions as you know them here in terms of testing, social distance, mask wear, like every day,” she added. “I do not know I have more for it.”
The newly inaugurated president and members of his family were all spotted without masks at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday night, footage from CSPAN and reporters’ tweets shown.
Psaki was pressured by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy over whether Biden would set a ‘good example’ for Americans by going maskless in light of his new mandate.
“I think we’ve got bigger problems right now to worry about,” she replied.
In November, then-President-elect Biden told Americans that it was their ‘patriotic duty’ to curb the spread of coronavirus during their family Thanksgiving and ask them to abandon “so many traditions we have made this holiday long”. ‘
‘I know how difficult it is to abandon family traditions. But it is very important. “Our country is in the midst of a dramatic increase in business,” he said in November.
“We owe it to each other. It is literally our patriotic duty as Americans. It means wearing a mask, keeping social distance, limiting the size of any group we are in until we have a vaccine. These are the most effective tools to combat the virus, “he continued at the time.
In a 17-minute pre-Thanksgiving speech, Biden insisted that ‘none of the steps our people are taking are political statements. Each is based on science. ”
He said: ‘The federal government cannot do this alone. Each of us has a responsibility to do in our own lives what we can do to slow down the virus. Every decision we make is important. ”