Joe Biden Signs EO Mandating Mask-Wearing on Federal Property, Immediately Violates It (Video)

In the aftermath of all the excessive media drooling, and the Very Important fashion updates about the Inauguration Day attire of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and their respective spouses, the newly sworn-in president got busy signing a wave of executive orders, many of which sought to undo President Trump’s legacy.

His first executive order, in particular, was met with much swooning and fanfare in mainstream media and Democrat circles, and it revolved around mandating mask-wearing on federal property:

BREAKING: President Biden signs first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, mandating mask usage and social distancing on federal property.

📷 Evan Vucci / AP pic.twitter.com/7r7fE53VV3

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 20, 2021

Here was Associated Press White House reporter Jon Lemire, doing some predictable media fangirling over Biden wearing a mask in the Oval Office:

President Biden wearing a mask in the Oval Office

Quite the change pic.twitter.com/xvV8rWekaI

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 20, 2021

Biden (or his handlers, most likely) tweeted about the mask mandate a few hours later:

Wearing masks isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a patriotic act that can save countless lives. That’s why I signed an executive order today issuing a mask mandate on federal property. It’s time to mask up, America.

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 21, 2021

But sometime between the time he signed the Executive Order and that “POTUS” Twitter account tweet went out about the mask mandate on federal property, Joe Biden was caught on video … not wearing a mask while on federal property:

Biden signed a mask mandate requiring everyone who is on federal land to have to wear masks.

Here is Biden tonight at the Lincoln Memorial, which is on federal land, not wearing a mask: https://t.co/Q1T01mrq29

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 21, 2021

Here’s Biden addressing the media, all of whom are wearing masks, while he continues to not wear a mask pic.twitter.com/J5XlCY4uzi

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 21, 2021

According to Twitter user “bubbaprog”, who tweeted out the original video of Biden maskless that garnered so much attention, Biden “wore his mask immediately prior to this and put it back on as soon as he finished his TV hit”:

Here’s the whole thing. I confirmed that there was a PA speaker in there with the program feed, so Biden was indeed hearing Yo-Yo Ma’s performance as it was being aired.

He wore his mask immediately prior to this and put it back on as soon as he finished his TV hit. pic.twitter.com/H9yOT5QXaV

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 21, 2021

So apparently there’s an unwritten exception to the federal property mask mandate EO if you so happen to be the president of the United States and are doing fawning interviews after virtue signaling about how it’s “patriotic” to wear a mask.

As usual, there is one set of rules for everyone else (Republicans specifically) on the CDC’s pandemic guidelines, and none for Democrats who continue to talk out of both sides of their mouths – maskless – when it comes to mask-wearing and trying to mask-shame others.

Don’t look for the Media Mask Patrol™ to commence in any finger-pointing at Biden over this, however, because it’s all about the “optics” and stuff – which, when translated, means Democrats get to say one thing while doing another as often as they want to.

Case in point:

They understand optics

3 weeks ago, we couldn’t have fireworks in Seattle for New Years b/c they didn’t trust us to safely gather to watch them.

The optics out of DC are “Fuck you guys. You’re not important. We’re important”

That’s exactly what they want us to know https://t.co/VVwc1mVTts

— PoliMath (@politicalmath) January 21, 2021

‘Nuff said.