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Dems try to make up for Biden COVID shortfalls with new proposals

Congressional Democrats are trying to backfill for perceived shortfalls in the Biden administration’s coronavirus response with a wave of new bill filings.

Why it matters: The legislative spurt is a reflection of the dread Democrats feel ahead of this fall’s midterm elections. Republicans are already trying to capitalize on the discontent.

Driving the news: Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.) and Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require the federal government to provide universal free testing.

Khanna, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) also introduced a bill on Wednesday to provide three N95 masks to every American.

What they’re saying: “The rapid spread of the Omicron variant over the past weeks suggests that Americans are in a dramatically more vulnerable position than we had anticipated being just last month. There is no time to waste,” the letter said.

Yet, they didn’t do this when America was dealing with the rapid spread of the much more deadly Delta variant. They just kind let it ride, and looked to pass more legislation that empowered the federal government and helped elected Democrats, while also spending time on their silly January 6th witch hunt. What will testing do, other than let people know they have the Chinese coronavirus? Why send N95 masks now? Locking the barn door, you know.

Joe Biden Angry One Third of Americans Are Not Wearing Masks During Pandemic

President Joe Biden complained that Americans had stopped wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic, promising to send better-fitting masks to Americans for free.

“About one-third of Americans report they don’t wear a mask at all,” Biden noted disappointedly.

The president spoke about masking during a speech on his video set across the street from the White House on the ongoing battle against the coronavirus.

“I think it’s part of your patriotic duty,” he said about mask-wearing although he admitted, “it’s not that comfortable” and “it’s a pain in the neck” to wear them.

It’s such a part of your “patriotic duty” that he failed to wear one during his little speech

Biden announced he was developing plans to send more free masks to Americans so they would be encouraged to wear masks more often.

If you send me a turtleneck, I won’t wear it. As for one third, it’s probably a heck of a lot more than that

Nine states — California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington — require most people to wear masks in indoor public places, whether or not they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have similar orders in place.

Connecticut has an indoor mask mandate that extends only to the unvaccinated, and Rhode Island has a hybrid order that requires face-covering for all in large venues but gives smaller businesses leeway based on patrons’ vaccination status. Washington is the only state with an outdoor mask order, requiring face-covering at outside events attended by 500 or more people.

You know that once you get outside of the hardcore Democrat areas of Washington and NY, no one is wearing masks. You do have some individual cities and counties, like here in Raleigh and Wake County, that require masks. But, most people will not wear one if they are not required to, unless they are a crazy Democrat, who probably wears one when alone in the car, and maybe at home. Does Biden actually think people who don’t have to mask will mask? Think they will wear N95s that, by his own words, are uncomfortable? And aren’t made for small children? That have to be replaced, at the most, once a week? Especially when Biden seems to not wear a mask while he’s inside quite often, despite his own executive order?

Hey, I wonder if the masks will come with a message about being provided by Democrats or something?