Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday’s “Fox & Friends” program rejected President Biden for saying that red state governors raising the mask was “Neanderthal thinking”.
Biden attacked Republican governors in Texas and Mississippi on Wednesday, accusing them of “Neanderthal thinking” after his decision to reverse COVID’s security policies, including mask terms.
“We were able to move this by the end of May to have enough [vaccines] for every American, to make every adult American have a chance, “Biden told White House reporters on Wednesday.” The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking.
Despite the warning issued by health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about a fourth resurgence of coronavirus cases earlier this week, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said all state regulations would be lifted from Wednesday.
Likewise, Texas Governor Greg Abbott pointed to lowercase counts and the increase in vaccine accessibility as a justification for repealing all coronavirus regulations imposed by the state as of March 10.
BIDEN SAYS TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI GUILTY OF ‘NEANDERTHAL THINKING’ ABOUT RESTRICTIONS OF LIFTING COVIDA
GOV. ABBOTT: “Both, Brian. First, it’s obviously not the kind of thing the president should say. But second, he kind of said on the worst day he could have, because on the same day he said that in Texas, the The Biden government was releasing illegal immigrants into our communities that had COVID The Biden government was spreading COVID in southern Texas yesterday due to the lack of restrictions on testing and quarantining people crossing the border illegally. for COVID. This is a Neanderthal approach to dealing with the COVID situation. “
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But most importantly, with regard to the masks, the move in Texas really wasn’t much different from where we were before for some reasons. First of all, we still strongly advocate that every Texan follow best practices. Where we are today is completely different from where we were last year, when Texans and Americans didn’t know how to deal with it for an entire year. Texans learned the best practice: wearing a mask. And we still strongly recommend that people wear a mask.
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“When we saw the spikes in cases after Christmas and the New Year, we saw that most of these spikes did not occur in businesses, schools or other places like this, such as retail centers. were wearing a mask at first.
And therefore, eliminating the mask requirement will not cause a major change in the state of Texas. In addition, people in Texas will continue to wear masks, although there is no state order. We are just in a situation now where government mandates are not needed because Texans know best practices. “
Fox News’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.