Elections

Biden on Trump’s Attack on Him for Not Introducing Mask Mandate: ‘To Be Clear, I Am Not Currently President’

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President Trump appeared confused Tuesday night when attacking a man who is not president for not making people wear masks.

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This must have sounded much better inside his head. President Donald Trump has delivered a blistering attack on Joe Biden, condemning him for not introducing a nationwide mask mandate, apparently forgetting that Biden is not actually the president. During a live town-hall event on ABC News broadcast Tuesday night, Trump let out a confused stream of consciousness on masks. Trump said: “They said at the Democrat convention they’re going to do a national mandate. They never did it, because they’ve checked out and they didn’t do it. And a good question is, you ask why Joe Biden—they said we’re going to do a national mandate on masks.” Biden’s team later chipped in with a helpful reminder to Trump, writing on Twitter: “To be clear: I am not currently president.”

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