Friday and the end of another week. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.
I rarely laugh out loud when reading the latest news, and especially the latest political news, but I did exactly that when I read this exclusive breaking story:
President-elect Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after he takes office, in a sign of how Biden’s approach to the virus will be dramatically different to President Donald Trump’s response.
“100 days” based on what? The science? Has the science shown that we can beat the Chinese Lung Pox if everyone masks up for exactly 100 days? Why hasn’t this remarkable scientific breakthrough been shared with the public before now? Remember, this is the Party of Settled ScienceTM that mocked Trump relentlessly for “magical thinking on coronovirus” and for seeming to “believe in magic over science.”
Please, tell us how Biden’s plan is “dramatically different.”
“Just 100 days to mask, not forever. 100 days. And I think we’ll see a significant reduction,” Biden told Tapper during his first joint interview with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris since winning the election.
First, don’t patronize me. You sound like a mom trying to get her son to wear Member’s Mark jeans to school where all the kids wear Gucci. “It’s just for the day, honey.”
In case you hadn’t noticed, Gropey Joe, the country has been wearing masks FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS. You’re telling us that we just need another 100 days to defeat this nano-weapon unleashed on us by the commies in China? And then, that’s it, no more masks?
Hey, how come nobody told Trump we just needed another 100 days?
And, Joe, you “think we’ll see a significant reduction”—in what? Infections? Deaths? Small businesses? My guess is the latter. And on what are you basing your Magical Thoughts? Is this just a feeling you have, like the ones you have when you’re around women and children?
Everyone knows that the first 100 days of a president’s term is considered an early benchmark for measuring success. Biden thinks he’s going to be rewarded with dramatically reducing the WuFlu while we roll out the Trump vaccine.
This “policy” is what is supposed to pass for superior leadership and this “report” is what is supposed to pass for serious journalism.
Should he be sworn in on January 20, 2021, Joe Biden’s first 100 days will be remembered for forcing everyone, sick or not, at high risk or not, in states that recommend it or not, to wear a face diaper on which the science is decidedly not settled. There won’t be a federal, constitutional law mandating it—it will just be the Thief-in-Chief telling you to wear a mask because reasons and c’mon man!
Meet the new boss.
[Main image credit: Photo by Usman Yousaf on Unsplash]
[In-story image credit: Screengrab from cnn.com]