WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Calls Out Biden for ‘Massive Super Spreader Events Held in His Name’
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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany criticized Joe Biden for not calling for an end to “massive Super Spreader events,” held after his projected presidential victory.
“Where is @JoeBiden calling on the massive Super Spreader events held in his name to end,” McEnany wrote in a tweet, featuring a video of thousands of Biden supporters gathering in the streets outside of the White House.
After the former vice president was declared as the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election, between he and President Donald Trump, supporters were seen in New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. to celebrate.
While many of Biden’s supporters were seen wearing masks during their celebrations, many across Twitter criticized what they perceived as an apparent lack of social distancing.
“Lots of masks, little social distancing in front of the White House as thousands of Biden supporters begin their celebrations,” Twitter user Jorge Ventura Media wrote with a video showing the supporters outside the White House.
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Twitter user Matt Baskin shared a photo of Biden supporters gathering in Boston’s Copley Square, “following news that networks have called the election.”
CNN correspondent Shimon Prokupez shared a video of Biden supporters gathering outside the convention center in Philadelphia “singing along to some of Trump’s greatest hits being played.”
Twitter user Buck Sexton also criticized the lack of social distancing at the ongoing celebrations and wrote: “Trump rallies during the election ‘could kill thousands’ because of the lack of social distancing, but Biden block party celebrations all over NYC right now are ‘literally saving lives’ because science.”
Twitter user Charlie responded to a tweet from former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, which featured supporters gathering in New York City to celebrate.
“Cool we happy for Biden but social distancing?” the tweet read.
Following his projected win, announced by several news networks, Biden released a statement saying: “I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris.”
“In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted, proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America,” the statement read.
The criticism for a lack of social distancing during the celebrations for Biden’s projected victory come as the U.S. has continued to see an increase in cases of the novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19.
On Friday, the U.S. recorded its third consecutive day of over 100,000 cases, while several states saw their record high single-day increases.
According to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University, there are currently over 9.8 million confirmed cases of the novel virus, as well as at least 236,642 deaths.
Newsweek reached out to the White House and Biden’s campaign for comments.
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