Biden will continue pressing the flesh despite new coronavirus variants

Published July 16, 2021 7:14pm ET



President Joe Biden has no plans to stop glad-handing supporters despite an uptick in coronavirus cases brought on by new variants.

“We abide by public health guidelines as it relates to the president’s engagements, and if public health guidelines changed, which I’m not predicting, we would continue to abide by them,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Friday.

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