Biden On Past Statement About Vaccinated Not Needing Masks: Was ‘True At The Time’

President Joe Biden snapped at Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Thursday after Doocy asked about Biden’s previous remarks from May that fully-vaccinated Americans no longer needed to wear masks.

“Mr. President, you said, if you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask,” Doocy said.

After initially denying that he had said that, Biden acknowledged that he did, in fact, state that, saying, “In May, that’s true.”

“That [was] true at the time because I thought there were people who were going to understand that getting vaccinated made a gigantic difference,” Biden said. “And what happened was, a new variant came along, they didn’t get vaccinated, it was spread more rapidly, and people, more people were getting sick. That’s the difference.”

WATCH:

Doocy vs. Biden 🔥

Doocy: You said if you were fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask.
Biden: I didn’t say that.
Doocy: You did.

(….)

Doocy: In May, you made it sound like the vaccine was the ticket to lose the mask forever.
Biden: That was true at the time. pic.twitter.com/0ITF0GZZqM

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 29, 2021

TRANSCRIPT:

PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS REPORTER: Mr. President, you said, if you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask.

JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT: No, I didn’t say that.

DOOCY: You did–

BIDEN: I said if you’re fully vaccinated in an area where we do not have, but let me clarify–

DOOCY: In May, you made it sound like–

BIDEN: In May, that’s true.

DOOCY: –[inaudible] mask forever.

BIDEN: That [was] true at the time because I thought there were people who were going to understand that getting vaccinated made a gigantic difference. And what happened was, a new variant came along, they didn’t get vaccinated, it was spread more rapidly, and people, more people were getting sick. That’s the difference.

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