Biden flatly denies report he rejected COVID testing boost months prior to holiday surge

Biden flatly denies report he rejected COVID testing boost months prior to holiday surge

White House reporters confronted President Biden about a Vanity Fair piece that alleged his administration rejected a plan to boost holiday testing from COVID-testing experts.

“We didn’t reject it,” Biden told New York Post reporter Steven Nelson before departing the White House for Marine One on Monday.

“My question: ‘Why did your administration reject a holiday testing surge in October? Does the buck stop with you there?’ President Biden: ‘We didn’t reject it'” Nelson said in a follow-up tweet with additional context.

Yet Biden also made an admission about his handling of rapid tests in a…

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