Posted on 02/21/2021 8:48:24 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
With the US approaching 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, President Joe Biden will mark the grim milestone Monday with a candle lighting ceremony and a moment of silence, the White House said Sunday.
The event, which is set for 6:15 p.m. ET at the White House, will also feature first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. Biden will deliver remarks on the lives lost ahead of the ceremony. The ceremony underscores the empathetic message Biden has sought to bring to the US coronavirus response since taking office last month -- a departure from his predecessor.
On Friday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration was working on plans so the President could use his "own voice and platform to take a moment to remember the people whose lives have been lost, the families who are still suffering."
One day before taking office, Biden, Harris and their spouses held a somber ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 400,000 lives lost to Covid-19 in the US at the time. "To heal we must remember," Biden said at the January event. Harris also spoke briefly at the memorial, noting that "for many months, we have grieved by ourselves. Tonight, we grieve and begin healing together."
Their message stands in contrast with former President Donald Trump, who frequently defended his administration's response to the pandemic but rarely expressed grief for the victims. In September, Trump told Axios on HBO that the US Covid-19 death toll, "is what it is."
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When will the next flu death occur? Are we up to 200 yet?
Can I tie a yellow ribbon around the tree out front?
Will he stick one up his ass?
There's nothing like empathy for getting things done and displaying leadership.
How many are actual Covid deaths?
Every single article from the gaslight media is about attacking Trump.
Trump lives rent free in their minds.
So 100,000 people have died from covid in the last month? The first month of the Biden regime.
Is this before of after shutting the lid?
About as useful as masks are
The 500,000 number is more fake than the fake news. This show has no bearing on daily life, but is just that: a show.
So 100,000 deaths in a month’s time?
The lid is supposed to be at 7 pm on a weekday.
Gosh I hope he does it in lights like the inagral, where he can have the lights like he is wrapping his arms around us, and the Washington Memorial that he can shove up his a...!
“Gee Jill...it’s amazing that with those things, we can send men the Moon.”
I can't say how many were caused by COVID-19 but a good place to look at is excess deaths and compare that with a typical year.
AWESOME! July 19th is my birthday- and no doubt about it... It Is What It Is!
WOOT! WOOT!
Thank YOU, President Trump, for recognizing my birthday.
Biden’s a Ghoul.
YUGE posting FAIL.
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