{"id":1652635,"date":"2022-09-22T07:38:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1652635"},"modified":"2022-09-22T07:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:38:46","slug":"despite-declaring-the-pandemic-over-biden-begs-for-billions-in-new-covid-emergency-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-declaring-the-pandemic-over-biden-begs-for-billions-in-new-covid-emergency-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Declaring the Pandemic \u201cOver,\u201d Biden Begs for Billions in New COVID \u201cEmergency\u201d Funds"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdespite-declaring-the-pandemic-over-biden-begs-for-billions-in-new-covid-emergency-funds%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=1652635&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--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>More fallout continues from President Biden&#8217;s 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday, especially over his declaration that the COVID-19 pandemic was &#8220;over.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d be right to question his claim, given Biden previously declared America&#8217;s &#8220;independence&#8221; from COVID during July Fourth celebrations in 2021. But Biden&#8217;s confusing and contradictory positions on COVID \u2014 like many issues \u2014 are reinforced by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/biden-request-117-bln-ukraine-aid-224-bln-covid-relief-2022-09-02\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">request<\/a> the same week for more than $22 billion in new &#8220;emergency&#8221; funding for the federal COVID-19 response.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, in Biden&#8217;s mind, the pandemic is &#8220;over,&#8221; but it&#8217;s still an emergency that requires another $22 billion for federal action. It&#8217;s nonsensical, and therefore incredibly on-brand for Biden and his administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden asked Congress to pass $22 billion in new pandemic funding THIS WEEK because he said the pandemic was NOT over!<\/p>\n<p>Now that Biden says the pandemic is over, he should END the military COVID vax mandate and STOP making young children wear masks in Head Start! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vfuIzFLGJe\">https:\/\/t.co\/vfuIzFLGJe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMaryMiller\/status\/1571851989046149127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Congress \u2014 controlled by Biden&#8217;s party \u2014 hasn&#8217;t heeded the White House&#8217;s calls to pass more COVID funding, a fact that Karine Jean-Pierre has pointed out in multiple press briefings. And now, with Biden declaring the pandemic over, they&#8217;re even more unlikely to give $22 billion to the White House for COVID response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in Congress \u2014 who are wisely trying to prevent the Biden administration from spending even more taxpayer dollars \u2014 reacted appropriately on Twitter. The gist of their sentiment: We knew the pandemic was over, now stop trying to throw money at the virus and ease up on Americans who&#8217;ve been penalized for not consenting to government edicts. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The pandemic has been over for a while, but that hasn\u2019t stopped Joe Biden from sending billions of taxpayer $$ to college grads or for requesting $22.4 billion in taxpayer dollars for \u201cCOVID relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stop the insanity!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1571929558223560707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last night, Biden finally admitted the pandemic is over.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing worse than him crippling our military over his vaccine mandate and lying to the American people about the threat of the virus is him actively pushing for $22.4 billion in more \u201cCOVID relief\u201d spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. David Schweikert (@RepDavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDavid\/status\/1571917097541697536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m glad Joe Biden finally admitted that the pandemic is over.<\/p>\n<p>Is his Department of Justice going to drop its lawsuit to force Americans to wear masks on public transportation?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianMast\/status\/1572196310924533760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In response to Biden&#8217;s claim that the pandemic had ended, many &#8220;experts&#8221; and officials within his administration did what they often do: damage control for the president to claim he didn&#8217;t mean what he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden: &#8220;The pandemic is over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every other admin official: &#8220;He didn&#8217;t mean it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure walking back Biden&#8217;s statement has nothing to do with the Democrats&#8217; push for an additional $22 billion in COVID relief funding&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FLJ9xP19EC\">https:\/\/t.co\/FLJ9xP19EC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Babin (@RepBrianBabin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianBabin\/status\/1572270503506632707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But the walking back will have to be substantial if the White House thinks it can convince enough members of Congress to vote for another $22 billion in emergency COVID funding as they tussle over a stopgap budget bill and try to get home to campaign before November&#8217;s midterms that are now just weeks away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More fallout continues from President Biden&#8217;s 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday, especially over his declaration that the COVID-19 pandemic was &#8220;over.&#8221;\u00a0You&#8217;d be right to question his claim,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1652637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1652637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}