(Townhall) After the White House told reporters to go home for the day and appearing only at the Easter Egg Roll Monday morning, President Joe Biden quietly and unceremoniously signed away the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.
“On Monday, April 10, 2023, the President signed into law: H.J.Res. 7, which terminates the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the White House released in a memo.
Fox News’ @davidspunt reports that “the COVID emergency is officially over.” pic.twitter.com/Zcvbk2UU2q
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) April 10, 2023
1,120 days later and, it appears that we finally slowed the spread.
Great work, everybody. pic.twitter.com/8175DsIj66
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) April 10, 2023
Originally Biden planned to officially end the emergency in May after saying months ago the pandemic was over. Republicans on Capitol Hill forced his hand to do it now by authoring H.J. Res. 7.
Biden: “The pandemic is over” pic.twitter.com/tCr0T3sARO
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 19, 2022
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice is still fighting in federal court to reimplement mask mandates on public transportation and maintain the government’s pandemic power.