{"id":2025926,"date":"2023-09-08T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:20:05","slug":"dont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden evades mask mandate despite COVID exposure: &#8216;Don&#8217;t reveal I lacked one&#8217;"},"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%2Fdont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure%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=2025926&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>President Biden chose\u2062 not to wear a mask while\u200b addressing \u200breporters\u200b on Wednesday even as the White House \u200binsisted \u2063he would be wearing one for\u2063 some days following first lady Jill Biden\u2019s COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>      President \u200dBiden\u200b walked into the White House State Dining Room holding a\u2063 face mask in his hand instead of wearing it,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/09\/06\/president-biden-flaunts-not-wearing-mask-after-covid-19-exposure\/70778723007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> reported.<br \/>\n  \u2063  \u2062\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet me explain \u200bto the press: I\u2019ve been tested again today. I\u2019m\u2063 clear across the \u2062board, but they keep \u2063telling me, because this \u200dhas to be 10 days or something, I got \u200dto keep wearing it. But\u2062 don\u2019t tell them I didn\u2019t have\u2064 it on when\u2062 I walked in. All right?\u201d President Biden said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/americans-divided-as-mask-mandates-make-a-comeback-amid-covid-19-surge-5487951\">Americans Divided as Mask Mandates \u200bMake a Comeback\u200d Amid\u200b COVID-19 \u2064Surge<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/americans-divided-as-mask-mandates-make-a-comeback-amid-covid-19-surge-5487951\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates-5487102\">Republicans Go to War Against Mask Mandates<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/6\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates-5487102\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After talking for about 10 \u200cminutes, he left the room with \u2064the mask still in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady tested positive \u200bfor COVID-19 on Monday, Sept. 4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says people who have been exposed \u200bto someone infected with\u2064 COVID-19 should wear \u201ca high-quality mask when indoors around\u200b others (including inside \u2064your home) for 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. \u200b5, White \u200bHouse press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that \u201csince the president was with the first lady yesterday, he will be masking while indoors and \u200baround people. \u2026 He&#8217;s going to be very cautious;\u2064 he&#8217;s going to wear a mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    However, President Biden\u2019s recent remarks to the press without a mask\u2064 contradicted the press secretary\u2019s assertion.<br \/>\n   \u200c<\/p>\n<h2>President \u200dRemoves Mask at Ceremony<\/h2>\n<p>    \u2064Earlier on Tuesday, President \u2062Biden took part in a White House \u200cMedal of\u2063 Honor\u2063 ceremony for Vietnam War veteran Capt. Larry Taylor. Even though President Biden arrived wearing a mask, he took \u2064it off\u2062 while\u2064 delivering remarks and during the honoring of Capt. Taylor.<br \/>\n \u200b\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a Sept. 6 press \u200bbriefing, Ms.\u200d Jean-Pierre said the \u2063president\u2063 took\u200d off the\u200d mask during the event \u201cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure\/\" title=\"Biden evades mask mandate despite COVID exposure: 'Don't reveal I lacked one'\">deliver incredibly powerful remarks<\/a> about this captain\u2014Captain Taylor\u201d and to \u201chonor the captain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a \u2062brief time\u200c afterwards, he also didn\u2019t have his mask on,\u201d\u200d she said. \u201cHe left\u2062 when there was a pause in the program \u200din\u200b order to minimize his close contact\u2062 with attendees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden was set to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi \u2064on Friday\u2014a day before the G20 \u2064summit is scheduled to be hosted in the\u200c country.<\/p>\n<p>When a\u200d reporter\u2062 asked whether the president would\u200d wear a mask while meeting with G20 leaders, Ms. Jean-Pierre \u200dsaid that &#8220;he is going to be masking. He\u2019s going to be making sure that he is getting tested regularly, in consultation with his physician.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President Joe Biden removes his mask to\u200b speak at a \u2063news conference at the White House in Washington on April 14, 2021. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u2064  \u200dPresident Biden\u2019s decision\u2064 not to wear \u200da face\u200c mask comes amid concerns of potential mandates \u2063being imposed due to rising COVID-19 cases.<br \/>\n   \u200c<\/p>\n<h2>Mask Mandate Opposition<\/h2>\n<p>    Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">public health officials<\/a> are calling for imposing mask mandates while a few businesses and \u2063universities have already \u2064announced such regulations.\n  <\/div>\n<p>Republicans have strongly opposed such\u200b proposals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Joe \u200bBiden tries to \u200bimplement another mask mandate or another round\u2063 of COVID shutdowns,\u2062 a lot \u2062of the country is going to say, \u2018no, and hell no.\u2019 Texas has zero interest in shutting down again,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a Sept. 8\u2064 post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, Texas Gov.\u200c Greg Abbott signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-poised-for-more-anti-esg-fights-in-2023\/\" title=\"Republicans Proposed to Take on More Anti-ESG Fights by 2023\">bill banning government entities<\/a> from\u200d imposing mask mandates. The bill \u2064went into effect on Sept.\u2064 1. The rules do not \u2064apply\u2062 to private entities.<\/p>\n<p>Sen.\u2064 JD Vance\u200c (R-Ohio) introduced the \u201cFreedom to Breathe Act,\u201d to prohibit federal officials from issuing mask mandates in domestic air travel, public travel systems, or primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 would also prohibit\u2062 educational institutions, transit \u200dauthorities, and air carriers from refusing service to any individual who does not wear a mask.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried mask mandates once \u2063in this country. They failed to control \u2063the spread of respiratory viruses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"Republicans wage war on mask mandates.\">violated basic bodily freedom<\/a>, and set our fellow citizens against\u2064 one another,\u201d Mr. Vance\u2063 said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation will ensure that no federal bureaucracy, no commercial airline, \u200cand no public school can impose the misguided policies of the past. Democrats say they\u2019re not \u200cgoing to bring \u2064back mask\u200d mandates\u2014we\u2019re \u200dg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden disregarded the White House&#8217;s assurance of wearing a mask after First Lady Jill Biden&#8217;s COVID-19 diagnosis. 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