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| Plugs campaigned as the mask candidate. Now he's facing the limits of the bully pulpit |
| 2021-03-07 |
| [USA Today] WASHINGTON — Joe Biden ran for the White House as the mask candidate, criticizing then-President Donald Trump’s dismissal of masks, promising to get tough on mask wearing and modeling good behavior by wearing at least one — and sometimes two —masks himself. "The one thing we do know — these masks make a gigantic difference," Biden said last June. "I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask." As president, however, Biden is running up against the limits of the bully pulpit as mask-wearing remains politically polarized. Plus, people have gotten tired of pandemic restrictions and see less need for precautions as COVID-19 vaccinations increase, even though health officials are urgently warning that now is not the time to ease up. After the governors of Texas and Mississippi moved to lift mask mandates on Tuesday, an exasperated and frustrated Biden said Wednesday that such decisions come from "Neanderthal thinking." |
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