CNN is reporting that the baby formula shortage has the Biden White House in “crisis mode,” but chief of staff Ron Klain will appreciate the extra spin for blame deflection purposes:
NEW from me and @kaitlancollins: the West Wing has been thrown into crisis mode over the baby formula shortage, trying to restock shelves while coming under fire for a mess they didn't create and which they're still working to grasp the scope of https://t.co/phpMmI0jGH
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 20, 2022
a major factor here has been the FDA, which is an independent agency, but which has been unable to provide answers publicly or privately, and which did not move quickly to ease regulations which could have had imported baby formula coming in to the US
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 20, 2022
So are we at the “Putin’s baby formula shortage” stage of this crisis yet?
Where does the buck stop? https://t.co/uEgRFVe2OW
— Cranky "Ultra MAGA Lite" Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) May 20, 2022
They’ve know about this coming shortage since February and literally did nothing until reporters kept bringing up during the pressers.
Yet people like Kaitlin Collins will always run cover for the regime. https://t.co/A22zMewqcQ
— db 🇺🇸 (@bottoms_dusty) May 20, 2022
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CNN can’t spin hard enough when it comes to trying to help the Biden administration dodge responsibility for yet another crisis:
President Joe Biden’s West Wing has been thrown into crisis mode over a nationwide shortage of baby formula, with top aides undertaking efforts to restock grocery store shelves while coming under fire for a mess they didn’t create and which they’re still working to grasp the scope of.
The shortage has opened yet another political wound going into an already challenging midterm election season, frustrating the West Wing and the rest of the administration as they struggle with how little control they have over a situation which is centered at the US Food and Drug Administration, an independent agency which the White House neither controls nor gets direct reports from.
Yet another crisis the Biden White House has no responsibility for — go figure! CNN will be awarded ten social credit points.
When a Democrat is POTUS they’re not in charge of anything. It’s always everyone else’s fault. https://t.co/M1l4E5acIb
— @TrickyDickPol (@trickydickpol) May 20, 2022
Now imagine CNN’s story if this had happened under Trump.
Ah we're doing that rogue agency thing and not part of the executive branch or HHS. https://t.co/Cud8yktWCk
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 20, 2022
Maybe they’ll end up blaming “low-level employees in Cincinnati.”
The FDA falls under the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's not really "independent."
But you know this. https://t.co/aocSwo5j9U
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 20, 2022
CNN calling something “an independent agency” when it is literally part of the executive branch is peak CNN. https://t.co/j8szTZ7EOf pic.twitter.com/K6VfBYMnBk
— Marty (@woodyfarley) May 20, 2022
CNN’s spinning hard for Biden here.
"unable"? or unwilling? https://t.co/fGUxNt51Bv
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) May 20, 2022
Incompetent?
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