Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – President Joe Biden criticized states like Texas and Mississippi that lifted their mask mandates… calling it “neanderthal thinking.”
Last month, the Biden announced a plan to begin distributing millions of face masks to Americans in communities hard-hit by the coronavirus.
The masks began going out this month. as part of his efforts to ensure “equity” in the government’s response to the pandemic.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick responded to President Biden’s criticism of Texas.
In his reaction during an appearance on Fox’s ‘The Faulker Focus,’ Patrick took a dig at the President, and also said people in Texas “weren’t wearing masks anyway.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky warned this week that now isn’t the time to relax COVID-19 safety measures… especially with variants of the coronavirus spreading quickly.
Meantime, Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn chimed in on the matter on Fox’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto”
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Biden ran for the White House as the mask candidate, criticizing his predecessor’s dismissal of them/ Biden said last June, “The one thing we do know — masks make a gigantic difference.”
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