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Biden Says Abbott, Reeves Made ‘Big Mistake’ Ending Mask Mandate
- Texas Governor Abbott lifting mask mandate, allowing reopening
- Psaki said Biden would ‘raise’ this when he can with governors
President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting with the House Democratic Caucus in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on March 3, 2021.
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President Joe Biden said two Republican governors were wrong to lift mask mandates in their states, calling the decisions “Neanderthal thinking.”
“It’s a big mistake,” Biden said of announcements Tuesday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves that they would no longer require residents of their states to wear masks in public.