MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is “genuinely unnerved by how often [he’s] seen” the clip of President Joe Biden saying “there is no federal solution” to the Covid pandemic.
Hayes says the “the context of the clip was him doing utterly normal, banal, appropriate backslapping of governors and their role”:
Genuinely unnerved by how often I’ve seen that Biden clip today! Whatever people think of the WH Covid response (and there are plenty of legit criticisms!) the context of the clip was him doing utterly normal, banal, appropriate backslapping of governors and their role.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 28, 2021
Well, the context is also Biden previously saying *he* was going to shut down the virus to now, at best, saying we’re in this together with the states which is something President Donald Trump was saying all along:
BIDEN, TODAY: “There is no federal solution” to COVID.
BIDEN, 2020: “I’m going to shut down the virus.” pic.twitter.com/3d1RaHRcyX
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 27, 2021
Yep:
But the idea that the pandemic can only be solved at the state level is dramatically different from what Biden was saying in September: “If these governors won’t help us beat the pandemic, I’ll use my power as president to get them out of the way!”https://t.co/9TWqGL2WWL
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 28, 2021
And maybe Hayes can call somebody he knows over at the Today Show because they’re also using the same short soundbite for their report?
Here's NBC's @TODAYshow passing off Biden's comments about Covid and testing not having a "federal solution" but rather "at a state level" like it's no big deal.
A year, year and a half ago? NBC would have lost its mind with Trump. Oh, wait, they did. pic.twitter.com/G4ueXIwQPU
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 28, 2021
“What a difference a year makes”:
What a difference a year makes 👀 pic.twitter.com/IGF7A3Kp4e
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) December 27, 2021
And spare us any outrage as this is *exactly* what MSNBC did to Trump for four years:
You did this for 4 years straight to Trump. I have zero sympathy for your BS now. https://t.co/xddWXgEvo3
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) December 28, 2021
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