By Ray Cardello for July 19, 2022 Season 11 / Post 3

It is challenging to understand the motives of the people and entities pushing for COVID related mandates. Part of the challenge comes from navigating through the mixed messages about COVID from the White House. If you look to the Southern Border and the continuous flow of illegals flooding across our Border, there is no concern for COVID. Joe Biden fought to end Title 42, which was used to protect us from unvaccinated and untested people coming into the country. In arguing for the end of Title 42, the Biden team claimed we were no longer threatened by Covid, that the Pandemic had ended.

If you observe the President and his staff, the message becomes even more blurry. The President will come off Air Force One or Marine One wearing a mask. He will greet people at the bottom of the stairs, but first, he will remove his mask. What was the purpose other than optics?

Biden travels to the Middle East and defines a new method of greeting. He cautiously climbs down the stairs, and rather than a traditional handshake, he enthusiastically greets each person with a fist bump. The optic is so unpresidential that he appears to be greeting Corn Pop, not foreign dignitaries. By the way, the trademark aviator sunglasses add to the image.

The White House claimed the fist bump was because of COVID concerns, but then in some locations, he shook hands, and others got the Corn Pop Fist Bump. Very few of these people greeting the President were wearing masks if COVID was, in fact, the concern. Very confusing, and the President is supposed to set the tone and direction for the country.

The teachers’ unions are already gearing up for a COVID Powerplay as we approach the new school season. Both unions adopted platforms in favor of mandatory masks and vaccines for all public school children. You are sadly mistaken if anyone believes these groups are concerned about our children and education. These two groups are about power, political clout, money, and the transformation of America.

San Diego and Los Angeles have already adopted inside mask mandates. These folks are not concerned about the flood of unknown illegals coming across the Border in their backyard. These folks are not worried about the Fentanyl and gangs crossing the Border. These folks are only concerned about putting masks on our fragile young children.

Dr. Fauci surfaced this week to announce he will probably retire before the end of Biden’s first term. He also intimated that mandates are on the table and, depending on his interpretation of the data, could be enacted.

The hint of these mandates is bringing out the protestors, and parents will not allow their kids to be masked without a fight. We have the data to show the negative impacts of the education system on our children since March of 2020, and parents will not stand for any further harm inflicted on their children. The Democrats are already looking at a tsunami in the midterms. They do so at their peril if they choose to play the mandate card for impact on the midterms. They may see it as they have nothing to lose. They already have Biden as their handicap.