Morning Jolt: The Era of Masking Ends

On the menu today: Tuesday brought another example of President Biden telling reporters his policy is "X," only for the administration to later clarify that his policy is "not X," demonstrating yet again that the country is led by a commander in chief who does not speak for his own administration. Meanwhile, the country is down to just a few institutions that still require masks, and the New York Times realizes that China's official statistics on the Covid-19 pandemic don't make any sense.

Will Someone Please Tell Joe Biden What His Actual Policies Are?

Let us begin by observing that, once again, what President Biden says his policy is does not turn out to be the actual White House policy.

From the account of Sebastian Smith, White House correspondent of Agence France-Presse, who was the White House pool reporter for Biden's trip to New Hampshire yesterday:

Motorcade arrived at New HampshirePort Authority at Portsmouth Harbor at 2:01 pm. This is a windswept facility alongside a bridge and featuring a lot of orange trucks.

A handful of folks outside the entrance of the facility waved signs including but ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY April 20 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY April 20 2022 The Era of Masking Ends On the menu today: Tuesday brought another example of President Biden telling reporters his policy is "X," only for the administration to later clarify that his policy is "not X," demonstrating yet again that the country is led by a commander in chief who does not speak for his own administration. Meanwhile, the country is down to just a few institutions that still require masks, and the New York Times realizes that China's official statistics on the Covid-19 pandemic don't make any sense. Will Someone Please Tell Joe Biden What His Actual Policies Are? Let us begin by observing that, once again, what President Biden says his policy is does not turn out to be the actual White House policy. From the account of Sebastian Smith, White House correspondent of Agence France-Presse, who was the White House pool reporter for Biden's trip to New Hampshire yesterday: Motorcade arrived at New HampshirePort Authority at Portsmouth Harbor at 2:01 pm. This is a windswept facility alongside a bridge and featuring a lot of orange trucks. A handful of folks outside the entrance of the facility waved signs including but ...   READ MORE

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