As you’ve probably noticed, there’s been a sudden shift on the left regarding COVID-19 measures over the last week. Multiple blue-state governors have lifted state mask mandates while pushing a “return to normalcy” narrative. Even church of COVID leaders like Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Leana Wen have changed their tune.

All of that has happened under the false notion that “the science” has changed. In reality, deaths are still high, cases are still high compared to the Delta wave, and masks and vaccine passports have never been an effective means of curtailing the spread of the virus.

So, what’s actually changed? The politics, of course, and the White House is having a heck of a time trying to explain away its hypocrisy.

Though, though, Jen Psaki gave it her best shot Wednesday.

.@JacquiHeinrich on ending mask mandates: "Why are we not hearing the same messaging criticizing states that are…making these moves like we heard previously with…Ron DeSantis?"

Psaki says there's a "distinct difference" b/c he stood "in the way" of people who wanted to mask pic.twitter.com/CeDKJmi4L9

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 9, 2022

The contrast here is the administration’s differing responses to mask mandates — depending on what party a governor belongs to. When it’s Gov. Ron DeSantis or Gov. Glenn Youngkin simply saying that people should have a choice and that he won’t allow mandates, they are framed as grandma-killing, science-denying lunatics by Psaki and company. Yet, when it’s Gov. Phil Murphy or Gov. Kathy Hochul getting rid of mask mandates, the White House offers no criticism at all.

In the end, all of those governors, Republican and Democrat alike, are “defying” the CDC’s guidelines. So, where’s the indignation this week, now that blue states are dropping mandates? Psaki says there’s a “distinct” difference, claiming that DeSantis tried to “stand in the way” of parents who wanted to muzzle their children. That’s completely false. At no point did Florida ever attempt to stop anyone from wearing a mask, if they so chose. The same is true in Virginia.

But the White House is caught between a rock and a hard place. These blue state governors are seeing the writing on the wall and realizing they need to pivot immediately in order to avert an electoral disaster later this year. That’s left the Joe Biden and his handlers with little room to maneuver. One week, they are slamming Republican governors for not mandating masks. The next week, they are praising Democrat governors for doing the same. That’s because there’s a soft-mutiny going when it comes to these mitigation measures; even on the left, and the White House has lost control of the narrative.

Credibility is a valuable thing to waste, and Psaki has apparently decided that it’s time to just burn it all down. The rush to memory-hole the administration’s incompetent, tyrannical handling of the coronavirus is underway. That may play well with the CNN crowd, but given Joe Biden’s basement-level approval, it’s obvious most of the American electorate are tired of being gaslit.