President Biden mingled maskless with members of the public before putting one on to take a selfie following a Wednesday speech.
After speaking about his infrastructure bill at a GM plant in Detroit, Michigan, Biden went on to shake hands with the crowd while neglecting to mask up. He later appeared to cover up as someone took a picture with him. He kept the mask on afterward.
Biden has in the past been caught violating his own administration’s mask mandates.
Last month, Biden coughed into his hand following a speech in New Jersey and proceeded to use it to shake hands with members of the public, all while not wearing a mask.
The incident came less than a week after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive for COVID-19 just days following an event with the president. White House press secretary Jen Psaki later tested for the virus as well.
On Tuesday, during the ceremonial signing of his infrastructure bill on the South Lawn of the White House, Biden raised eyebrows when he ambled back to his podium looking for his mask. He seemingly gave up trying to find it and signed the bill without a mask while surrounded by other maskless lawmakers.
Daily Caller on X (formerly Twitter): “Biden, fully vaccinated and outside before signing the infrastructure bill, walks back to podium because he forgot his mask: “Oh, my mask.”Biden can’t find the mask and then walks back to the signing table. pic.twitter.com/uG0YPkphYF / X”
Biden, fully vaccinated and outside before signing the infrastructure bill, walks back to podium because he forgot his mask: “Oh, my mask.”Biden can’t find the mask and then walks back to the signing table. pic.twitter.com/uG0YPkphYF
The White House on Tuesday chose not to follow Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to end the requirement that people mask indoors.
