President Biden is lashing out at Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his decision to reopen businesses and roll back his statewide mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it “Neanderthal thinking.”

Biden slammed decisions being made by states such as Texas and Mississippi to relax coronavirus restrictions, including social distancing measures and face-covering orders, as “a big mistake.”

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