With all the finesse of a bull running loose in a china shop, President Joe Biden announced yesterday a sweeping–and what some on the right have described as an unconstitutional–plan to combat the Wuhan coronavirus, with the most controversial part being the mandating of the vaccine for businesses with over 100 employees.
As Mary observed in her write-up, Biden’s hostile speech confirmed Biden is a “full-on fascist,” with him at various points even threatening Republican governors like Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Texas’ Greg Abbott, not calling them out by name but nevertheless describing them as “bullies” and indicating he’d use his supposed presidential powers to “get them out of the way” if he found it necessary.
“…if these governors won’t help us beat the pandemic, I’ll use my power as President to get them out of the way,” Biden warned at one point while scolding unvaccinated Americans by saying that “our patience is wearing thin,” and alleging that “your refusal has cost all of us.”
Not surprisingly, some of Biden’s allies in the mainstream media implied during Friday’s White House press briefing that Biden should consider expanding the vaccine mandate beyond the parameters he announced during his speech, as exemplified by a question asked by CNN’s Kaitlin Collins of White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
“Is he now considering mandating vaccinations to fly domestically?” Collins inquired.
Psaki responded by telling her that “We are always looking at more we can do to protect and save lives. Obviously, he made a significant and bold announcement yesterday, so I [don’t] have anything to predict or preview for you, but we’ll continue to look for ways to save more lives.”
The discerning reader will note that Psaki didn’t rule out the possibility of a domestic air travel vaccine mandate while at the same time she hinted that more was to come on the mandate front. Watch:
In response to a question from another reporter about why Biden didn’t implement the vaccine mandate sooner, Psaki said in so many words that what they’d done previously with mandates for federal workers and strongly encouraging businesses to put them in place were building blocks that led the White House to where they are now, insinuating this was part of the plan all along even though Biden, Psaki, and others have said in the past that the administration had no plans for a vaccine mandate:
I should point out that Collins’ question and Psaki’s answer on the domestic air travel question came just hours after CNN medical analyst and former Planned Parenthood president Dr. Leana Wen told the network that Biden should institute a blanket domestic air and train travel vaccine mandate.
“But there is an even bigger reason too, which I think we need to make it clear that there are privileges associated with being an American. That if you wish to have these privileges, you need to get vaccinated,” Wen proclaimed. “Travel, and having the right to travel in our state, it’s not a constitutional right, as far as I know, to board a plane, and so saying that you want to stay unvaccinated, that is your choice, but if you want to travel, you better go get that vaccine.”
Clearly, the idea is gaining momentum in certain Democrat circles. And while Psaki was non-committal Friday on the possibility, don’t be surprised if we see one implemented in the coming weeks as the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons and all the travel involved with them ramp up, all in an effort to “protect and save lives,” of course. At least that’s what the official explanation will be, anyway.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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