A more than a year-old tweet from White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain calling for a more robust federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has resurfaced after President Joe Biden suggested governors have to take the lead in response to the virus.
In June 2020, Klain tweeted, “I’ve been saying since March that we can’t beat COVID with an ‘Articles of Confederation’ response.”
“We have a national government for a reason. If Donald Trump won’t use it to beat this killer disease, I know someone who will, starting on 1/20/21,” he added.
On Monday, Biden held a video meeting with governors to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and said, “There is no federal solution. This gets solved at a state level.”
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However, he affirmed that the federal government would work to support states in their efforts to combat the pandemic.
“My message to the governors is simple: If you need something, say something,” he continued. “We’re going to have your back any way we can.”
Critics of Biden circulated the video and blasted his response to the pandemic as president.
Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tweeted, “Biden says there’s no federal solution to COVID and that this gets solved at a state level. He should immediately end his unconstitutional federal mandates.”
“The Texas solution is no mandates and personal responsibility,” he added.
Earlier this month, Biden announced a plan for his administration to distribute 500 million free at-home Covid tests.
The administration will also deploy 1,000 military medical personnel to hospitals facing a surging of patients infected with the virus.