President Joe Biden pushed back on claims stemming from a recent Vanity Fair article, saying that the White House never “rejected” a call for mass COVID-19 testing before the Christmas holiday.
VOA News reporter Steve Herman tweeted Biden’s response to a question on the topic as he and First Lady Jill Biden boarded Marine One to leave the White House on Monday.
“Departing the @WhiteHouse for Marine One with @FLOTUS, @POTUS is asked about the @VanityFair article alleging his administration rejected a holiday testing surge,” Herman tweeted. “‘We didn’t reject it,’ he…