{"id":189397,"date":"2021-03-04T17:14:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189397"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:15:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:15:02","slug":"watch-psaki-tries-spinning-bidens-neanderthal-thinking-remarks-about-texas-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-psaki-tries-spinning-bidens-neanderthal-thinking-remarks-about-texas-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Psaki Tries Spinning Biden\u2019s \u2018Neanderthal Thinking\u2019 Remarks About Texas, Mississippi"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwatch-psaki-tries-spinning-bidens-neanderthal-thinking-remarks-about-texas-mississippi%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=189397&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\/GettyImages-1231516829.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Speaking at a White House press briefing Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to put a better gloss on President Biden\u2019s remarks in which he referred to the GOP leadership\u2019s decision in Texas and Mississippi to open their states as \u201cNeanderthal thinking.\u201d Psaki stated, \u201cThe behavior of a Neanderthal, just to be very clear, the behavior of,\u201d when asked, \u201cHow does comparing somebody to a Neandarthal convince them to change course and get on board with your public health message?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Joe Biden mocked Texas and Mississippi after their GOP governors announced that they were fully reopening their economies and lifting mandatory mask mandates. He sniped:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I think it\u2019s a big mistake. Look, I hope everybody\u2019s realized by now these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we\u2019re 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 American, to get every adult American to get a shot.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in mean time everything\u2019s fine, take off your mask,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cForget it. It\u2019s still matters. \u2026 And it\u2019s critical \u2014 critical, critical, critical \u2014 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<p>At the press briefing, Psaki was asked, \u201cThe governor of Mississippi has responded to the president\u2019s comments yesterday, and he seems to have taken offense at some of the president\u2019s language.\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>The reporter continued, \u201cHe says \u2018Mississippians don\u2019t need handlers. I just think we should trust Americans and not insult them.\u2019 He\u2019s making an argument that this is really about personal liberty here. Does the president have any second thoughts about the language that he used yesterday, and how does comparing someone to a Neanderthal help convince them to change course and get on board with your public health message?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki spun Biden\u2019s remarks this way: \u201cThe behavior of a Neanderthal, just to be very clear, the behavior of. Look, I think the president \u2014 what everybody saw yesterday was a reflection of his frustration and exasperation, which I think many American people have, that for almost a year now, people across the country have sacrificed, and many times they haven\u2019t had information they need from the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asserting that the people of Texas and Mississippi, among other states, had been ignorant of public health guidelines, she continued, \u201cThey haven\u2019t had access to a greater understanding of what the public health guideline should look like, and those include many, many people in Mississippi, in Texas, in Ohio, Florida, in every state across the country. He believes that with more than half a million Americans\u2019 lives lost, with families that continue to suffer, that it\u2019s imperative that people listen across the country, whether they live in a red state or a blue state, to the guidance of public health experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"White House Holds Press Briefing: March 4 | NBC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LRIDi8LmY5M?start=1223&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/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>Speaking at a White House press briefing Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to put a better gloss on President Biden\u2019s remarks in which he referred to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274738,"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\/GettyImages-1231516829.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Psaki Tries Spinning Biden\u2019s \u2018Neanderthal Thinking\u2019 Remarks About Texas, Mississippi","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189397","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\/GettyImages-1231516829.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Psaki Tries Spinning Biden\u2019s \u2018Neanderthal Thinking\u2019 Remarks About Texas, Mississippi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189397","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=189397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}