Xavier Becerra ditches mask at Biden event as White House stands firm on face coveringsBy Callie Patteson
February 10, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra ditched his face mask on Thursday after appearing to be agitated by it ahead of introducing President Biden at a Virginia event on lowering health care costs.
Becerra, the first speaker of the event, walked up to the podium and started his remarks while wearing a black face mask.
After just over a minute of speaking, he was seen touching the side of the mask before saying, “Let me just go ahead and take off this mask.”
After taking off the face covering, he promptly resumed his remarks.
Immediately after introducing the next speaker at the event — Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) — the secretary put his black face mask back on, before shaking hands with the congresswoman.
Spanberger removed her mask before delivering her remarks to introduce Biden, as well as a mother and son who officially introduced the president.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/10/xavier-becerra-says-let-me-take-off-this-mask-ahead-of-biden-speech/
