{"id":188775,"date":"2021-03-03T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188775"},"modified":"2021-03-03T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:15:19","slug":"mississippi-gov-fires-back-after-biden-mocks-lifting-lockdowns-as-neanderthal-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-gov-fires-back-after-biden-mocks-lifting-lockdowns-as-neanderthal-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Gov Fires Back After Biden Mocks Lifting Lockdowns As \u2018Neanderthal Thinking\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmississippi-gov-fires-back-after-biden-mocks-lifting-lockdowns-as-neanderthal-thinking%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=188775&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tate-Reeves-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden slammed Texas and Mississippi on Wednesday for lifting state lockdowns, mocking the decision as \u201cNeanderthal thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke to reporters at the White House Wednesday afternoon, a day after the Republican governors of Texas and Mississippi announced that they were ending pandemic lockdown policies and reopening their states. Biden said the governors were ignoring \u201cscience\u201d and emphasized the use of masks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a big mistake. Look, I hope everybody has realized by now these masks make a difference,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way \u2026 we are able to get vaccines in people\u2019s arms. We\u2019ve been able to move that all the way up to the end of May to have enough for every adult American to get a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. It still matters,\u201d he continued. \u201cAs of yesterday, we have lost 511,874 Americans. We\u2019re going to lose thousands more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not have everybody vaccinated until sometime in the summer. We have the vaccine to do it; getting a shot in someone\u2019s arm and [giving] them a second shot,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s critical \u2013 critical, critical, critical \u2013 that they follow the science. Wash your hands, hot water, do it frequently. Wear a mask and stay socially distanced. And I know you all know that. I wish the heck, some of our elected officials knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: President Biden calls Texas and Mississippi decisions to end mask mandates \u201ca big mistake&#8221; and criticizes what he views as \u201cNeanderthal thinking\u201d after CDC warned against complacency in the face of emerging coronavirus variants on Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mmdln3gNG6\">pic.twitter.com\/Mmdln3gNG6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1367192228762963971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Govs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-texas-governor-greg-abbott-ends-mandatory-mask-mandate-time-to-open-texas-100\">Greg Abbott<\/a> of Texas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-mississippi-ends-mask-mandates-allows-businesses-to-return-to-operating-at-full-capacity-starting-tomorrow\">Tate Reeves<\/a> of Mississippi announced on Tuesday that they were lifting emergency lockdown policies on their states and allowing businesses to reopen at full capacity. Following Biden\u2019s Wednesday comments, Reeves hit back at the president suggesting that he had denigrated Mississippians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden said allowing Mississippians to decide how to protect themselves is \u2018Neanderthal thinking,\u2019\u201d Reeves tweeted. \u201cMississippians don\u2019t need handlers. As numbers drop, they can assess their choices and listen to experts. I guess I just think we should trust Americans, not insult them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden said allowing Mississippians to decide how to protect themselves is \u201cneanderthal thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mississippians don\u2019t need handlers. As numbers drop, they can assess their choices and listen to experts. I guess I just think we should trust Americans, not insult them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatereeves\/status\/1367204994458521616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott and Reeves celebrated their states\u2019 reopening while touting the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cToo many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo today, I\u2019m issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cEffective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. That includes any type of entity in Texas. Also, I\u2019m ending the statewide mask mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves quickly followed with his own announcement, saying, \u201cStarting tomorrow, we are lifting all of our county mask mandates and businesses will be able to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed rules. Our hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden slammed Texas and Mississippi on Wednesday for lifting state lockdowns, mocking the decision as \u201cNeanderthal thinking.\u201d Biden spoke to reporters at the White House Wednesday afternoon, a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274700,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tate-Reeves-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Mississippi Gov Fires Back After Biden Mocks Lifting Lockdowns As \u2018Neanderthal Thinking\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tate-Reeves-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Mississippi Gov Fires Back After Biden Mocks Lifting Lockdowns As \u2018Neanderthal Thinking\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188775","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=188775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}