Jen Psaki takes aim at ‘world renowned travel expert’ Ted Cruz

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki recalled Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s much-mocked February trip to Cancun while defending the White House’s vaccine mandates.

The Republican spent the weekend spreading the false claim that a flurry of delays and cancellations of Southwest Airlines flights were the result of the Biden administration’s push to encourage employers to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine for employees.

Asked if the White House had a response for “people who say vaccine mandates have reduced the workforce,” Ms Psaki replied: “I know world renowned business travel and health expert Senator Ted Cruz has made that point, but I wouldn’t say that that is widely acknowledged or echoed by business leaders who have implemented these mandates, by health experts who have conveyed the way to get out of the pandemic is to ensure that we’re doing exactly the steps the President has announced and we’re working to implement”.

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