Biden's Yes-No-Yes Stance on Mandatory Face Masks

[dukkha]

He spent most of the summer calling for a national mask mandate, but then publicly questioned whether the federal government even had the authority to enforce such an order.
Until recently, Biden had advocated for a federalist approach to nationwide mask mandates -- individual state orders implemented by governors. But in his most recent remarks, the Democratic nominee returned again to the idea of a federal mandate.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...es-no-yes_stance_on_mandatory_face_masks.html

 

[Cypress]

You are obviously regretting that Trump did not implement the Biden Plan back in March - instead choosing to lead one of the most inept COVID responses in the developed World

 

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[dukkha]

You are obviously regretting that Trump did not implement the Biden Plan back in March - instead choosing to lead one of the most inept COVID responses in the developed World

Biden plan?WTF was that? Letting China flights in?

Biden reads WTF they put in front of him,or he winds up confllcted because he cant remember his position

 

[Damocles]

You are obviously regretting that Trump did not implement the Biden Plan back in March - instead choosing to lead one of the most inept COVID responses in the developed World

The Biden Plan in March included no travel bans and he was still telling us that it was xenophobic to do such. If he was in charge the death toll would have doubled. Nobody is regretting that Biden wasn't in charge at that time.

 

[TOP]

Indeed

 

[dukkha]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bi...-mandate-now-says-he-may-have-legal-authority
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, in an apparent shift, now says his legal team believes he would have the authority to advance a federal mask mandate through an executive order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus should he be elected.



Taking questions from reporters at a campaign event on Wednesday, Biden vowed that if elected, “I would call all the governors to the White House” to make the case on the necessity for implementing mask mandates.

Asked if he’d use an executive order to enforce the wearing of masks if some governors refuse his request, Biden said “the question is whether I have the legal authority as president to sign an executive order. We think we do, but can’t guarantee you that yet.”

"Our legal team thinks I can do that based upon the degree to which there's a crisis in those states, and how bad things are for the country, and if we don't do it, what happens," Biden explained, regarding his ability to federally act if some states decline to take action.

Biden then emphasized that if he did have the legal authority to sign an executive order on masks, “I would.”

The former vice president brought up a national mask mandate in a local interview in Pittsburgh in June. And he formally called for a national mask mandate during a campaign event with running mate Sen. Kamala Harris on Aug. 13, just days before the start of the Democratic National Convention.
Biden: All governors should issue mask mandates