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Biden walks back national mask mandate over ‘constitutional issue’
NY Post ^ | September 8, 2020 | 9:24am | Updated | Emily Jacobs

Posted on 09/08/2020 11:19:24 AM PDT by conservative98

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden walked back his own call for a national mask mandate, saying he wouldn’t issue any binding orders because he believes it would be unconstitutional.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: biden; bidengaffes; josephrbiden; maskmandate; masks; trump
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To: Newtoidaho

Lol. Truth.


21 posted on 09/08/2020 11:59:03 AM PDT by avenir
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To: conservative98

Who needs the Constitution for a national mask mandate? If a Democrat CDC were to find that masks are needed nationwide, lawyers nationwide would be urging their clients to comply or face ruinous lawsuits.


22 posted on 09/08/2020 12:03:36 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: Dutch Boy

Maybe he will change his hair to match President Trump.
The guy has been in government for near 50 years yet he just now realizes it might be unconstitutional. I do not believe one word from his mouth because it is different every day he is not consistent.
Biden urges mandatory face-mask order for next three months in effort to save 40,000 lives August 13, 2020

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/13/joe-biden-urges-mandatory-mask-wearing-3-months-save-40-k-lives/3362689001/


23 posted on 09/08/2020 12:11:54 PM PDT by funfan
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To: pepsi_junkie

Oh, com’on, man! It is patently unfair of you to expect Creepy Joe to remember his lies and opinions from one minute to the next!!

It’s ageism, I tell ya! Making fun of a presidential candidate who can’t remember his name! Those standards are just *too* high for a Demoncrat!

(really sorry I ended each sentence with an ! but it’s important!)


24 posted on 09/08/2020 12:16:32 PM PDT by blu
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To: conservative98
See? Even Biden knows that the mask orders are not legal.

So why is it so hard for a bunch of much smarter FReepers to figure it out?

Is it because the mask is a security blanket to make them feel in control?

25 posted on 09/08/2020 12:16:32 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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To: conservative98

I’m not saying this as just a partisan slap at Biden during the election.
He has always been known as a BS artist and a fool. He was slightly rehabilitated by Obama picking him as vice president but he really couldn’t do any harm to anyone.
He’s well known for losing and for just being wrong headed about most major decisions.
Now during this election he’s running his mouth, like the way he screamed about the false reports on Trump and the soldiers, and how he ran out to announce a mask mandate.
He’s just a big mouth and he always has been. Would be a major disaster as president.


26 posted on 09/08/2020 12:24:20 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: conservative98

C’mon, man!


27 posted on 09/08/2020 12:33:54 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Sans-Culotte

Even if he debates himself, Biden would find a way to lose.


28 posted on 09/08/2020 12:35:03 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: conservative98

Biden can establish a de facto national mandate just be appointing a CDC chief who will say it is necessary to stop a horrible pandemic. Lawyers nationwide would be advising their clients to comply or face ruinous lawsuits, and all but a few Republican governors would cave.


29 posted on 09/08/2020 12:35:24 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: Zathras

I see what you did there... :) Nice.


30 posted on 09/08/2020 12:39:37 PM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: conservative98

Let’s review shall we kiddies:

1. Biden a week ago... national mask mandate.
Biden now... umm err... constitutional problems with that.

2. Biden during the DNC debates... “No Fracking”!
Biden-Harris now... Of course we support Fracking!

3. Biden (again) about a week ago... “I don’t see any violence. Only peaceful demonstrators”
Biden today... I categorically condemn all violence and rioting.

So what are we to believe, Joe?


31 posted on 09/08/2020 1:20:21 PM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: conservative98

If Trump had talked about a national mask mandate, they would be calling him a fascist dictator. It he refused to order the whole country to cover their faces, they would condemn him as ineffectual.

If he said that he would, and then changed his mind, they would be calling him a liar.


32 posted on 09/08/2020 1:26:49 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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