Biden: Texas, Mississippi Making ‘Big Mistake’ in Lifting of Restrictions Amid Pandemic

U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, attends a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 3, 2021. Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters

President Joe Biden on March 3 alleged the governors of Texas and Mississippi made a mistake by loosening COVID-19-related restrictions such as mask mandates the day prior.

“I think it’s a big mistake,” Biden told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office in Washington.