Biden and Trump Now Agree: The President Has No Authority To Impose a Nationwide Mask Mandate
Posted on AllSides September 20th, 2020
From The Right
ANALYSIS
Joe Biden, who as recently as Wednesday was claiming he would have the authority as president to impose a nationwide mask mandate, suddenly reversed himself last night. "I cannot mandate people wearing masks," the Democratic presidential nominee admitted during a CNN "town hall," adding that he could still require masks in federal buildings and on federal land.
That concession represents an embarrassing retreat for Biden, who has been talking for months about forcing Americans to cover their faces in public. "I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing...
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