'Bad faith my a**': Brit Hume defends Fox News reporter challenging Joe Biden on contradictory pandemic messages



Veteran Fox News journalist Brit Hume slapped down criticism against his colleague after he challenged President Joe Biden about his contradictory messaging on the coronavirus pandemic.

Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Biden in a media briefing Monday to explain why his messaging had so drastically changed after the election.

"So you just said that you think, that within three weeks or so, we'll be at the point where there are a million vaccines per day," Doocy said, "but it seems like..."

"No I think we'll get there before that," interrupted Biden, "I misspoke, I hope we'll able to increase as we go along, until we get to the million five [thousand] a day, that's my expectation, my hope."

"And then, the followup to that would be, alright, now that you're president and you're saying, 'There's nothing we can do to change the trajectory in the next several months,'" Doocy continued. "What happened to two months ago when you were talking declaratively, about, 'I am going to shut down the virus'?"

"Well I am gonna shut down the virus, I never said I would do it in two months!" Biden responded.

"I said it took a long time to get here, it will take a long time to beat it," he explained. "And so we have millions of people out there who have the virus."

Doocy faced some critics on social media who didn't like his question and accused him of acting in bad faith.

"Bad faith my a**," Hume responded.

Bad faith my a**. It led to Biden acknowledging that he misspoke, then proceeding to raise his oft-repeated vaccina… https://t.co/KJFKQdqVoY
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"It led to Biden acknowledging that he misspoke, then proceeding to raise his oft-repeated vaccination goal of 100 million after it had become clear we were already on the way to achieving that when he took office," he added. "So much for @PDoocy being there 'wasting time.'"

Hume was referring to a controversy surrounding a promise Biden made to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of his presidency. Some noted that the goal was already likely to be met under the rate of vaccinations achieved by the former Trump administration.

The Biden administration has also faced steep criticism for baseless accusations made against the previous administration. CNN ran with quotes from anonymous sources inside the administration claiming there was no system at all for implementing vaccines, but that claim was immediately disputed by none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to Biden.

Here's the interaction between Doocy and Biden:

Fox News' Peter Doocy grills Biden over his vaccine plan, messaging on COVIDwww.youtube.com

Joe Biden's coronavirus relief plan includes $1,400 stimulus checks, unemployment funding, and $15 minimum wage



The details of President-elect Joe Biden's expansive relief plan to help Americans suffering from coronavirus pandemic restrictions were revealed on Thursday.

"We need to tackle the public health and economic crises we're facing head-on. That's why today, I'm announcing my American Rescue Plan. Together we'll change the course of the pandemic, build a bridge toward economic recovery, and invest in racial justice," said Biden on Twitter.

Here are the main features of the coronavirus relief plan reported by the Washington Post:

  • $1,400 stimulus checks
  • Extension of enhanced unemployment through September
  • Extension of moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures through September
  • Expansion of a child care tax credit
  • $15 federal minimum wage increase

The $1,400 relief checks are meant to add up to $2,000 with the $600 already sent out to Americans under the bill passed earlier in December. The enhanced unemployment is scheduled to expire in March.

The plan also involves a national vaccination program, a scaling up of coronavirus testing, and support for the communities "hardest hit by COVID-19."

Biden discussed the details of his proposal in a speech to the country on Thursday evening.

The overall price tag of the plan is estimated to be at just below $2 trillion.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a joint statement with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in support of the plan.

"These proposals by the Biden-Harris Administration will be critical to getting our country through this challenging period and towards a period of recovery," read the statement in part. "We echo the President-elect's call for bipartisan action on his proposal and hope that our Republican colleagues will work with us to quickly enact it."

Many Americans objected to the coronavirus relief plan that Republicans and Democrats agreed upon in December because it only provided for $600 in relief funds after months of an economic lockdown. Some believe the outrage helped defeat the Republican candidates in the runoff elections in Georgia, which will lead to the Democrats controlling the U.S. Senate.

Biden's plan will need congressional approval in order to be implemented.

Here's more about the Biden relief plan:

Peter Doocy previews Biden's economic plan ahead of rare 'prime time' speechwww.youtube.com