Joe Biden Publicly Admits Defeat on COVID-19 — and Somehow Manages to Even Screw That Up – Opinion

If you are a reader of RedState, you’ve seen one consistent theme among all the writers regarding COVID-19. That’s not by dictate, but by the fact that it has been such common sense for so long, that it’s jarring to see an outlet suggest anything else.

I’m talking about the fact that we have to learn to live with COVID-19. The moment it became clear this was a virus that was at least partially airborne, there was never any path to “shut down the virus” as Joe Biden infamously pronounced during the 2020 presidential campaign.

Living with the virus meant that I had to prioritize therapeutics over vaccines. It also required me to forgo pointless mitigation methods (i.e. masks and lockdowns) that obviously don’t stop the spread. The Biden Administration, which includes Dr. Anthony Fauci has repeatedly advocated limiting infection when there simply isn’t a way. This pipe dream was used to justify a variety of federal power grabs including vaccine mandates.

Biden now admits defeat for COVID-19 publicly, it is the first such admission.

BIDEN, TODAY: “There is no federal solution” to COVID.

BIDEN, 2020: “I’m going to shut down the virus.” pic.twitter.com/3d1RaHRcyX

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 27, 2021

You are now where most of us have been almost two years. But don’t give the president too much credit. He’s only doing this because the situation has become so untenable. At this stage, his only response is to say he couldn’t have solved the problem in the first instance. But as I’ve shared before, that was nowhere near his message when he ran for the office he now holds.

This is the next step. We should then ask the White House about vaccine mandates. Clearly, they don’t stop the spread of the virus and are a failing measure, and the president is now openly admitting there’s no federal solution to the pandemic. So will he get rid of his illegal OSHA order that’s now before the Supreme Court? Don’t count on it.

Biden did manage to mess things up, even when he admitted defeat. In his remarks, he made the ludicrous assertion that he didn’t know there would be a winter COVID surge this year.

Joe Biden says if he had “known” about the winter surge in COVID, he “would have gone harder and quicker” on testing.

Biden lies. He was warned. pic.twitter.com/1XcUa7iXda

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 27, 2021

Do you know who knew there’d be a winter surge this year? Everyone should be paying close attention, because COVID is clearly seasonal at the very least since 2020’s fall. The President of the United States had no clue. You should be alarmed.

Heck, here’s what I had to say about that back in August when the media were hyperventilating over Florida’s case numbers.

I have always responded to this question with the same answer: COVID seems to be seasonal and different parts of the country may see waves at different times. This is similar to what happened in 2020. That Florida and Texas, who both had a wave around this same time last summer, are seeing that happen again is not proof that they are doing “something wrong.” Rather, the timing is cyclical, and my assertion on that will be proven correct, as we see spikes in other states begin to occur.

We are now in December 2021, and the North East and other areas of the country have been absolutely crushed. Biden was left with Florida alone to blame and needed an escape route. This is his way out: To kick things back to the states and act as if he didn’t promise a miracle he didn’t deliver on.

Even though he has said everything before, it is unlikely that anyone will buy the shift. This is why you should expect lower approval ratings.