Liz Peek: Biden out of touch – this is what he doesn’t get about Americans on COVID lockdown anniversary

Liz Peek: Biden out of touch – this is what he doesn’t get about Americans on COVID lockdown anniversary

Joe Biden doesn’t get out much, and it shows.  

The other night, the president addressed the nation in his first prime time address, on the anniversary of the COVID lockdowns. His speech was at times dismal, at times boastful, but the sum of his remarks was entirely at odds with the mood of the nation. 

Biden assured Americans that the new vaccines were safe and urged people to take them. But at the same time, his promise of deliverance from these miraculous inoculations was laughably meager.

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Maybe, Biden said – but only if we’re good and follow the directives of the sainted Anthony Fauci and get vaccinated and wear masks and behave – maybe we can gather on the Fourth of July with friends.  

Not ”large events with lots of people” he hastened to say. No, not large groups, but rather “small groups will be able to get together.” But, only maybe. 

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As many on social media pointed out, Biden’s directives about how Americans should behave on Independence Day – a day commemorating our nation’s quest for freedom – were especially tin-eared. 

Is Biden aware that we are not waiting for his or Fauci’s approval before moving on with our lives? Does he know that restrictions have been lifted in 40 states, and have been entirely scrapped in four? That governors are under pressure to let businesses re-open and to force teachers to go back to work?  

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Does the president know that even in deep blue Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont has recently changed the rules, eliminating capacity limits on restaurants, gyms, amusement parks and churches, and also now permitting outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people? In that Democrat-led state, events with up to 10,000 people can be held outside and the authorities “are planning ahead in hopes to see summer camps and summer festivals open this season.” 

“I think Connecticut has…

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