Critics have come forward to state that President Joe Biden (D) freely admitted that his recent student loan bailout program is entirely illegal as part of an interview carried out on Sunday evening hosted by CBS News.
Biden made these comments to Scott Pelley, the host of CBS News’ “60 minutes,” as part of an interview.
“Mr. President, first Detroit Auto Show in three years. Is the pandemic over?” Pelley posited of the president.
“The pandemic is over, ” answered Biden. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lotta work on it. It’s– but the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one’s wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it’s changing. And I think this is a perfect example of it.”
These statements from Biden kicked off a massive wave of backlash from both sides of the political aisle, but for insanely different reasons.
“THE MANDATES MUST END. IMMEDIATELY. ALL OF THEM,” exclaimed journalist Megyn Kelly via social media. “And if they don’t, new legal challenges must be filed ASAP.”
“President Biden’s declaration on 60 Minutes that the pandemic is over—which his administration also argued when ending Title 42 back in May—confirms the illegality of his attempt to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars of student debt to the taxpayer,” tweeted out Charles C.W. Cookie, a writer for the National Review. “Textually, the OLC’s interpretation of the 2003 HEROES Act was preposterous from top to bottom. But even if one were to cynically ignore all that, the lack of an emergency would render the whole thing moot. Biden just admitted on TV he’s breaking the law.”
“If ‘the pandemic is over’ as Biden says, then all of the President’s emergency powers predicated on a pandemic, all COVID vax mandates, the emergency powers of every governor, Emergency Use Authorizations, and the PREP act should all be voided tomorrow,” expressed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) via a social media post.
WATCH:
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TRANSCRIPT:
Scott Pelley: Mr. President, first Detroit Auto Show in three years. Is the pandemic over?
President Joe Biden: The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lotta work on it. It’s– but the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one’s wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it’s changing. And I think this is a perfect example of it.