“He needs to be more front and center on the COVID response than he has been so far,” @chucktodd says of President Biden’s coronavirus response amid news of the new omicron variant. #SundayTODAY pic.twitter.com/h2ekV3N75y
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 28, 2021
FOX News: Biden 'prematurely declared independence from the virus': NBC's Chuck Todd
President Biden announced travel bans from 8 African countries on Friday due to omicron variant
NBC's Chuck Todd challenged President Biden for how he's handled the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in light of the new omicron variant that has prompted the White House to ban travel from several African countries, beginning Monday.
Todd, host of "Meet the Press," suggested that omicron, from which most cases were discovered in southern Africa, was not just a health problem. It's a political one as well for the current administration, he argued, flashing back to when Biden "prematurely" declared a sort of victory over the virus on July 4.
"Ultimately, this is also a political problem," Todd said Sunday. "Biden ran on taming the pandemic and he prematurely declared independence from the virus back in July."
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WNU Editor: NBC's Chuck Todd is right. This July 4th tweet from President Biden on Covid-19 has not aged well (see below):
America is coming back—together. pic.twitter.com/Alt087kMUO
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 4, 2021