WH chief of staff defends vaccine mandate, admits Biden had a ‘rough’ year

The White House chief of staff suggests that the Biden administration has had  “a rough and tough year,” an idea projected in the the president’s decline in national polls, further asserting that  the vaccine mandates will prevail despite opposition by most of the Republicans.

Ron Klain appeared on NBC to promote the White Hose mandates and justify President Joe Biden’s low ratings.

Biden’s vaccine order for private businesses that employ more than 100 people have been challenged by the so-called “Red” states in the courts, putting the White House in damage control.

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“I’m quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicated, not just a temporary order, the validity of this requirement will be upheld. It's common sense,” said the Democrat, referencing a court ruling to free the mandates.

‘Americans are tired’

In the latest blow to the mandate, the state of Kansas has also announced opposition to the rule.

“I’m not sure really it has much practical effect in the short run,' Klain said. “These vaccine requirements have been litigated up and down the courts all over the country… Every single court before this one ruled that they were valid. The Supreme Court has turned back, several times already, various efforts to enjoin other vaccine requirements.'

The White House chief of staff tacitly indicated that the decline in Biden’s favorability had something todo with the previous administration’s performance.

“In my opinion, it's been a rough and tough year. And we knew it would be. President Biden has said this all the time. We're in a yearlong effort to dig out of the holes we were left,” he stated.

The Democrats are in an evermore vulnerable position in the wake of their loss in the Virginia governor’s race, but the Democrat suggested that the recent passage of the the infrastructure bill could change the odds in favor of the liberals.

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"I do think the voters sent a message on Tuesday. They wanted to see more action in Washington," Klain said. "They wanted to see things move more quickly, and three days later, Congress responded, passing the president's infrastructure bill."

Yet, Americans remain weary of the situation, involving no just the Covid-19 pandemic but also its repercussions.

"I understand that voters are tired, Americans are tired of how long it’s taken to get the economy moving, to get Covid under control," Klain said. "They are in a 'show me, don’t tell me' mode. I think we are going to show them in the weeks and months ahead that we have made this progress on Covid. We have made this progress on the economy. We are past, now, the infrastructure bill."

‘Polls go up and down,’ Biden tries to justify his low ratings

US President Joe Biden has commented on his ever sinking dip in the polls which has been lowering ever since he assumed office.

One main factor that could capture the spirit of Biden's performance is the national polls, which have shown a steady decline in his favorability among not just the undecided voters but even liberals.

With former President Donald Trump’s plans of shifting the power dynamics through the 2022 midterm elections, Biden is facing an ever narrowing chance of winning a second term.

That is why the president and his team are sparing no efforts to convince American voters that their agenda is in the nation’s best interests.

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