Surprise! Joe Biden's hoping everybody forgot his promise to 'shut down the virus' (they haven't)

Doug P. | 10:46 AM on January 23, 2021

Before the election, controlling the spread of Covid-19 was a mainstay on Joe Biden’s list of campaign promises. Here’s just one example:

I'm not going to shut down the country.

I'm not going to shut down the economy.

I'm going to shut down the virus.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 30, 2020

But something magically changed with Biden took office. Suddenly there either appears to have been a huge shift in the “science,” or Biden flat-out lied:

President Biden urges Congress to pass more COVID relief:

“There’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months.” pic.twitter.com/BmogfKwwSg

— The Recount (@therecount) January 22, 2021

.@JoeBiden: "There is nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months." pic.twitter.com/VGTBdgPSIf

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 22, 2021

"I will shut down the virus" must not actually mean "I will shut down the virus."

But the political promise bait & switch isn't surprising coming from the 8-year VP to the "if you like your plan you can keep it" president. https://t.co/Tb2yMnrZC0

— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) January 23, 2021

Campaign Biden: We’re going to shut this virus down!

Post-inauguration Biden: Yeah there’s actually nothing we can do.

— Brittany Hughes (@RealBrittHughes) January 22, 2021

The differences between promises and reality are becoming increasingly clear and it’s only day four of the Biden presidency.

So instead of crushing the virus he decided to crush the economy, girls sports and immigration law instead.

— Biden= TheBigGuy (@AliJiffy) January 22, 2021

I guess we can stop wearing masks, open up all businesses and open all schools. Since you know, there is nothing we can do. https://t.co/zbAMzHuCgt

— AvoidPartyLines (@AvoidPartyLines) January 23, 2021

If only a certain Orange Man had said this would happen… https://t.co/Gnu9S0DTpi

— Paul (@PaulOttoNeumann) January 22, 2021

Not what I expected to hear from the man who claimed to have all the answers to ending the pandemic. https://t.co/eIQ1c9Ing8

— ⏩❌E.Z. Rider ❌ (@ezridersos) January 23, 2021

And now he's calling a lid for the weekend.

Hopefully somebody's keeping track of the death count while he's not working.

That's the way this works, right? https://t.co/mjePow4aZb

— Dusty (@dustopian) January 23, 2021

That WAS how it worked. Biden gets the “Democrat” pass.