‘Well This Is Stupid’: Biden Shredded for Extending Mask Mandate for Transportation

President Joe Biden is facing criticism of his administration’s decision to extend a mask mandate for public transportation.

CNN reported on Thursday that the administration will extend the public transportation mandate, which applies to air travel, trains, and buses, for 30 days.

The mandate was set to expire on March 18.

An administration official told the network that during the extension of the mandate, “CDC will work with government agencies to help inform a revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in the public transportation corridor.”

“This revised framework will be based on the Covid-19 community levels, risk of new variants, national data, and the latest science. We will communicate any updates publicly if and/or when they change,” the official added.

CNN noted, “The CDC may ultimately allow the mandate to lift before the 30-day period is up if transmission rates of the virus nationwide drop to low enough levels.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) reacted to the news by tweeting a picture of Biden, maskless, standing near Democrats after his State of the Union address and wrote, “Biden is requiring masks for two-year-old kids on planes, but no masks for high-risk Democratic politicians.”

And Nathan Brand, a deputy communication director for the Republican National Committee, tweeted, “Well this is stupid.”