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One of the things that is so frustrating about the Biden Administration is not only that they lie about so much, but that their responses are so lacking in any sense. They’re motivated by narrative — not what’s best for the country.

While their responses to questions are often deflections or make no sense, sometimes the responses are so bad, that they just trip over into the truly ridiculous.

Take White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s response when she was asked about the contact Joe Biden had with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who has tested positive for COVID. Pelosi was close to Biden at different points at two White House events on Tuesday and Wednesday. She even held him and kissed him on the cheek at the Tuesday Obamacare event and held his hand at the Wednesday event. She also hugged Barack Obama and held his hand to her mouth. Obama announced he had COVID about three weeks ago.

But according to Psaki, this obvious close contact didn’t count as “close contact.”

Doocy asked, “How can you guys say that President Biden was not in close contact with speaker Pelosi when there’s a video of the speaker kissing him?” Psaki responded that the CDC’s “definition of it is 15 minutes of contact within a set period of time, within six feet. It did not meet that bar.”

Now, this is — on the face of it — silly, as though the virus can fit into a box and only become active if you’re at 15 minutes — 14 minutes and you’re still safe even if you slobbered all over Biden. She was at two events with him over two days kissing him and holding his hand, standing next to him for two bill signings. I’m willing to bet that adds up to several minutes.

It requires a sensible judgment call. And that’s the problem here — there is no sense. They’re hidebound to a CDC rule that is itself an artificial construct. Most Americans would say whatever the rule, the Biden-Pelosi interaction is obviously “close contact” and certainly could have exposed Biden.

Kamala Harris was in close contact with her Communications Director Jamal Simmons who also came down with it and she’s keeping her regular schedule. That was announced on April 6.

Watch and see if she pays attention to the CDC guidance that she wears a well-fitting mask for the next ten days. Here she is already violating that guidance as she takes the vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, April 7.

Meanwhile, these are the same folks who still think it’s cool that little kids are masked in schools for seven hours. a day, while they jump through hoops to say that the “rule” doesn’t apply to them.

When they try to sell us things like this that are so silly, how much are they spinning that is less obvious?

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