White House defends Biden’s ‘up to them’ mask mandate comment

Published April 20, 2022 8:01pm ET



The White House tried to explain what President Joe Biden meant when he described mask-wearing on federal transportation as a personal choice.

The Transportation Security Administration is not enforcing the mask mandate on airplanes, trains, or other forms of shared transportation or in transit hubs, so people are electing to cover their faces, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

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