{"id":1500362,"date":"2022-06-01T18:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500362"},"modified":"2022-06-01T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:29:51","slug":"biden-says-he-became-aware-of-baby-formula-shortage-in-early-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-became-aware-of-baby-formula-shortage-in-early-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says He \u2018Became Aware\u2019 Of Baby Formula Shortage In Early April"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-says-he-became-aware-of-baby-formula-shortage-in-early-april%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden stated on Wednesday that he was not aware of the baby formula crisis hitting the nation until early April, which left many wondering just who exactly was advising the president and when did they decide to inform him of the severity of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Biden hosted the press, as well as industry leaders, on Wednesday to address the lack of baby formula in the U.S. from the White House-crafted fake Oval Office \u2014 which he reportedly uses so that he can stay on a script from a teleprompter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the deal, I became aware of this problem, sometime in, after, in early April about how intense it was. And so we did everything in our power from that point on, and that\u2019s all I can tell you right now,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden: \u201cI became aware of this problem in early April\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It took Biden until May 13 to first mention the baby formula crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N0lfVpWDa5\">pic.twitter.com\/N0lfVpWDa5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1532089798218899457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As pointed out by the Republican National Committee, Biden didn\u2019t address the baby formula crisis until May 13. At the time, Biden claimed that his administration could have been better prepared for the national baby formula shortage if they had been better \u201cmind-readers.\u201d However, just a few days later, his top official at the Department of Health and Human Services appeared to contradict that statement, claiming that his department and the Food and Drug Administration had known about the issue since last year.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-biden-official-claims-administration-knew-about-baby-formula-shortage-last-year\">flagged<\/a>, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told CNN, \u201cFrom everything I\u2019ve known, the FDA has kept me apprised of this from last year. We have been moving as quickly as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN: \u201cYou are satisfied with the government\u2019s response throughout [the baby formula shortage]?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra: \u201cFDA has kept me apprised of this from LAST YEAR. We have been moving as quickly as we can\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5WRZa5chYg\">pic.twitter.com\/5WRZa5chYg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1526239189683019779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-biden-official-claims-administration-knew-about-baby-formula-shortage-last-year\">noted<\/a> that \u201cBiden\u2019s own White House website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/05\/12\/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-additional-steps-to-address-infant-formula-shortage\/\">says<\/a> that on February 17, \u2018the largest infant formula manufacturer in the country\u2014Abbott Nutrition\u2014initiated a voluntary recall of several lines of powdered formula.\u2019 The White House claimed the federal government mobilized into action to get baby products onto the market as soon as they became aware it was an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, in light of Biden\u2019s most recent remark, Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, \u201cWho is the person in the West Wing who decided after six or eight weeks that this baby formula shortage was finally something that somebody should tell the president about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre dodged the question by saying, \u201cLook, again, I have to go back and talk to the president,\u201d while claiming that because she didn\u2019t see Biden\u2019s question and answer session, she couldn\u2019t comment upon on it because she wanted to do her \u201cdue diligence\u201d in answering accurately.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DOOCY TIME: \u201cWho is the person in the West Wing who decided after six or eight weeks that this baby formula shortage was finally something that somebody should tell the President about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJP: \u201cLook, again, I have to go back and talk to the President.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/axlh1nCjg8\">pic.twitter.com\/axlh1nCjg8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1532110090647502853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Bloomberg Government <a href=\"https:\/\/about.bgov.com\/news\/health-care-briefing-baby-formula-shortage-rate-jumps-to-70\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cOut-of-stock rates spiked to 70% nationally for the week ending on May 21, up from 45% the prior week, based on data from the retail-tracking firm Datasembly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden stated on Wednesday that he was not aware of the baby formula crisis hitting the nation until early April, which left many wondering just who exactly was advising the president and when did they decide to inform him of the severity of the crisis. 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