‘I'm in trouble’: Fully-vaccinated Joe Biden struggles to find mask during outdoor speech (VIDEO)

Source: RT

April 30, 2021 at 09:13

US President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he delivers remarks on the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response outside the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2021. © REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque 19

President Joe Biden frantically searched for his mask during a speech in Georgia, telling supporters he was “in trouble,” despite the fact that the president was both outside and fully vaccinated.

During an event in Duluth on Thursday to mark 100 days in the White House, Biden was filmed at the podium desperately searching for his mask to no avail.

“Where's my mask?” Biden asked as he searched through his folder and looked around the podium. Still unable to find it, First Lady Jill Biden then took over for her husband, also rummaging through his folder while the president told supporters through his microphone, “I'm looking for my mask. I'm in trouble.”

Confused, fully vaccinated Joe Biden desperately looks for his lost mask while outside pic.twitter.com/fbyca42skC
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 30, 2021

Eventually, Biden appeared to find the mask in his pocket and raised his arm in celebration.

Americans on social media were quick to question why Biden even needed a mask since the president was both fully vaccinated and outside.

Didn’t Biden just announce if you’re fully vaccinated and outdoors there is no need for a mask? So why the hell is he still wearing one, let alone searching frantically for one!!
— Conor Shifflett (@ConorShifflett) April 30, 2021

NEW - Biden: "I’m looking for my mask. I’m in trouble," then finds it in his pocket. pic.twitter.com/29M1t9mK97
— Disclose.tv ? (@disclosetv) April 29, 2021

According to new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vaccinated Americans “can gather or conduct activities outdoors without wearing a mask except in certain crowded settings and venues.” Biden also shared the news in a maskless address this week, telling Americans that if they're “fully vaccinated,” “outdoors,” and “not in a big crowd, you no longer need to wear a mask.”

Though Thursday's Georgia event could be considered a crowded setting, there were just four people on the stage with Biden – the First Lady and Georgia Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who were all wearing their own masks.

“Excuse me, but why are all these dweebs wearing masks outside? I thought Biden decreed that vaccinated citizens no longer have to mask up outdoors?” tweeted one conservative social media user, while Biden was also mocked by Republican Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs and others.

✅Fully vaccinated
✅Outdoors
✅Socially distanced

...and Biden is still looking for his mask. https://t.co/fhPUC2qR43
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 30, 2021

I thought this was doctored but I think it's really something that happened today. https://t.co/27e64RKQ92
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 30, 2021

A screenshot of Biden in a virtual climate meeting between world leaders last week went viral after it showed him to be the only leader at that moment wearing a face mask. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden wore the mask to send a “message” to the world and also because there were others with him in the room at the time.