WH Plays Insulting Deflection Games After Biden Is Exposed to Person With COVID – Opinion

There were concerns about an outbreak at the White House after several Democratic legislators suddenly became COVID, despite having been vaccinated.

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary was quizzed today on this matter. It was asked her if the White House, National Security Council or Treasury were affected by the outbreak and if Joe Biden was in close proximity to a person with COVID.

NYT’s Mike Shear: “Has been an outbreak…at the WH, the NSC, the State Department, & the Treasury? It has. [Biden] been…in close contact w/a Covid positive person & thus in need of quarantine?”

Psaki: Today’s President has a busy schedule.

(He does not have a schedule for today. pic.twitter.com/GjxWUXmNPN

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 20, 2021

Psaki didn’t deny it and tried to deflect the question.

“The president has a full schedule today and is not in need of quarantine,” Psaki responded. “We will provide information to all of you as outlined with our commitment from just a few months ago about being transparent about close contacts. I don’t have any updates for you at this point in time, but again, we expect there to be breakthrough cases across the country, right? And the federal government.

“And the most important thing to note for you and for others is that 99% or more at this point of the White House staff is vaccinated,” she continued. “Boosters are strongly recommended and distributed. We have a very thorough process here that people abide by, who are going to have close contact with the president and even beyond that, and those protocols go above and beyond CDC guidelines.”

The reporter pressed Psaki further, asking, “So, you’re not going to say whether or not there’s been a significant outbreak in the various different parts that I mentioned – NSC, State Department, Treasury?”

“Again,” Psaki replied, “I point you to different agencies to give any additional information, but I would just note that we do expect there to be breakthrough cases, as there will be across government.”

The question was never answered by her.

Two problems in her answer? Biden didn’t have a full schedule. Biden’s day seemed to have ended at 1:30 pm.

Psaki: “The president has a full schedule today.” A look at the president’s Monday schedule shows no public events and a day that appears to end after a 1:30p ET meeting. pic.twitter.com/nkdId2mzfN

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 20, 2021

Then as I noted the other day, the CDC guidelines don’t require you to quarantine if you’re vaccinated and you’ve been exposed to someone who has COVID. Dr. Anthony Fauci said it on Meet the Press yesterday when he was trying to clean up the mess that Kamala Harris made about the administration not being prepared for the variants and it’s the official CDC position. Now, to me, that doesn’t make a lot of sense, given the prior dictates. But what it means is that Psaki could then say Biden does not need quarantine — under these standards — even if he had been exposed.

Psaki was then asked by Biden if he would take questions following his speech about COVID tomorrow. She answered in the most glib way. It “depends on what you ask,” she said snippily.

One reporter questions Joe Biden about whether he’ll answer any questions on tomorrow.@PressSec: “He is available to answer questions many times each week. So it all depends on your question.” pic.twitter.com/CW3ty0V3YN

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 20, 2021

Notice that she does something at the end of her remarks that she rarely does — she masks up. This makes it look like she is on the verge of something.

As I write this, now they’re confessing Biden was in contact with a staffer who had COVID, so that shows you just exactly how lacking in honesty they are when Psaki was answering earlier. This is what these people look like and how transparent they are!

The president was in close proximity to the “mid-level staff member” for about 30 minutes on Friday during an Air Force One flight from South Carolina to Pennsylvania, officials said.

The staff member, who has been fully vaccinated, was boosted and tested positive for COVID-19 before boarding.

According to the White House, symptoms began Sunday for the aide and were subsequently confirmed Monday.

He was probably just waiting for them to tell him that he had tested negative. But he didn’t quarantine so if he had been positive, how many people would he have exposed? And he doesn’t have two negative tests yet. They’re saying he will carry on his regular schedule.