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Americano Got the Sleepy Eye

Ed Morrissey mounts (then abandons) an attempt to catalog the entirety of Joe Biden's "symphony of stupid" vis a vis familial travel recommendations.

The (presumably well-staffed) Office of Vice Presidential Backpeddling didn't even bother trying to spin a fanciful contortion of Biden's comments.  They're just insisting he didn't say what he said.

Biden on the Today Show:

I would tell members of my family, and I have, I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now. It’s not that it’s going to Mexico, it's you're in a confined aircraft.  When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. That’s me. I would not be, if I had another way, another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway.

"Clarification":

The White House quickly arranged for Biden to make this statement through a spokesperson.

“On the Today Show this morning, the vice president was asked what he would tell a family member who was considering air travel to Mexico this week. The advice he is giving family members is the same advice the administration is giving to all Americans: that they should avoid unnecessary air travel to and from Mexico. If they are sick, they should avoid airplanes and other confined public spaces, such as subways. This is the advice the vice president has given family members who are traveling by commercial airline this week. As the president said just last night, every American should take the same steps you would take to prevent any other flu: Keep your hands washed; cover your mouth when you cough; stay home from work if you’re sick and keep your children home from school if they’re sick.”

Do as I say, not as I said.

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Americano Got the Sleepy Eye

Ed Morrissey mounts (then abandons) an attempt to catalog the entirety of Joe Biden's "symphony of stupid" vis a vis familial travel recommendations.

The (presumably well-staffed) Office of Vice Presidential Backpeddling didn't even bother trying to spin a fanciful contortion of Biden's comments.  They're just insisting he didn't say what he said.

Biden on the Today Show:

I would tell members of my family, and I have, I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now. It’s not that it’s going to Mexico, it's you're in a confined aircraft.  When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. That’s me. I would not be, if I had another way, another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway.

"Clarification":

The White House quickly arranged for Biden to make this statement through a spokesperson.

“On the Today Show this morning, the vice president was asked what he would tell a family member who was considering air travel to Mexico this week. The advice he is giving family members is the same advice the administration is giving to all Americans: that they should avoid unnecessary air travel to and from Mexico. If they are sick, they should avoid airplanes and other confined public spaces, such as subways. This is the advice the vice president has given family members who are traveling by commercial airline this week. As the president said just last night, every American should take the same steps you would take to prevent any other flu: Keep your hands washed; cover your mouth when you cough; stay home from work if you’re sick and keep your children home from school if they’re sick.”

Do as I say, not as I said.