President Biden went from assuring everyone that he was the one who could "shut down" the pandemic to now whining that things aren't going to happen as quickly as he promised. Naturally, it's not his fault he won't be living up to the expectations he set — that's all because of his predecessor, silly.
Remember that corny "mask up for the first 100" thing that Biden put out a day after he was sworn into office? Yeah, sorry, but that's going to be 365 days. Biden just tripled his little challenge while speaking Thursday with health officials.
"You know that wearing this mask through the next year here can save lives," he said.
Well, that's nice. The man with the plan is now the guy who just guesses and hopes no one notices.
Oh, but it's not his fault. Biden and White House officials are quick to make that clear. All of that stuff about being prepared to take action on day one? Well, yeah, when Biden made that promise, it was because he thought someone else had made all the preparations for him in advance. He actually said that in his remarks Thursday.
"We were under the impression and were told that we had a lot more resources than we did when we came into office," he said through his nose-smashing mask. "While scientists did their job in discovering vaccines in record time, my predecessor, to be very blunt about it, did not do his job in getting ready for the massive challenge of vaccinating hundreds of millions of Americans. He didn’t order enough vaccines. He didn’t mobilize enough people to administer the shots. He didn’t set up a federal vaccine center where eligible people could go and get their shots."
That's a lot of complaining for someone who claimed repeatedly during the election that former President Donald Trump had no plan. So, if he knew that then, what business did Biden have promising so much so quickly? Now, he's blaming the continuing rise in COVID-19 death totals and the sauntering spread of vaccinations on a lack of things being done for him in advance. It's almost as if he can't take responsibility for anything.
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