Newsmax CEO: Biden “should be applauded” for vaccination efforts

Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy wrote an op-ed on the Conservative Network website on Tuesday praising it President BidenJoe Biden Aides who clashed with Giuliani intentionally gave him the wrong time to prepare for the Trump debate: Biden book says Eid al-Adha has “special significance” amid the Manchin pandemic to support the candidate for the post of head of public lands PLUS for how he handled the coronavirus pandemic and urged Americans to get vaccinated against the virus.

“Six months into his administration, President Joe Biden should be applauded for making a huge dent in the COVID pandemic,” Ruddy wrote. “He inherited an effective vaccine from President Donald Trump, hugged it and ran away with it.”

Ruddy noted Biden’s relatively stable approval numbers during the pandemic, despite what he called “a bitter election and a polarizing political environment.”

“I heard that at the start of the administration, Biden himself was discussing the deployment of the vaccine with some of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others, wishing for delays in the deployment.” Ruddy wrote of Biden’s efforts. launch an aggressive vaccine deployment program. “Biden himself didn’t want it. He took over the call and said there would be no delay.”

The Newsmax chief also applauded Biden for relaxing mask mandates for vaccinated Americans and pushing back on the idea of ​​mandatory vaccinations.

Ruddy himself is vaccinated, he said in Tuesday’s editorial, writing: “The bottom line: vaccines are safe and effective.”

The network CEO’s approval comes just days after at least one network host questioned the need for the vaccines, prompting the company to issue a statement in support of inoculation and take its distances from the host’s assertions.

“At Newsmax, we have been a strong advocate for the public to be vaccinated. The many medical experts who have appeared on our network were almost unanimous in favor of the vaccine,” said Ruddy. “I myself received the Pfizer vaccine. There is no doubt in my mind countless lives would have been saved if the vaccine had been available sooner.”

White House press secretary Jen psaki said Tuesday that the Biden administration was in regular contact with Fox News and other networks about their coverage of the pandemic.

“We have been in contact with all the networks and many media outlets on COVID-19 coverage to make sure people have accurate information, to voice their concerns when we have them, and I think you all know that we never be shy when we have a problem with a story, “Psaki said, noting that the administration understands” the importance of reaching Fox’s audience about COVID-19 vaccines and their benefits. ”

On Monday, several prominent hosts on Fox News, the nation’s top-rated cable news network, pleaded with viewers to get vaccinated and dismissed conspiracy theories about side effects or safety.

“Please take COVID seriously”, prime-time host Sean hannitySean Patrick HannityHannity: “I Believe In The Science Of Vaccination” The Memo: COVID-19 Spike Raises Stakes For Biden, GOP Mark Levin Urges Americans To Boycott “Awakened” Businesses MORE mentionned. “I can’t say it enough. Enough people are dead. We don’t need death anymore.”

Conservative media allies of the former President TrumpDonald TrumpGreene gets 12-hour Twitter suspension for COVID-19 disinformation Helpers who clashed with Giuliani intentionally gave him the wrong time to prepare for Trump debate: Book Overnight Defense: Afghan evacuees to be housed in the Virginia base | Biden seeks to empty Gitmo PLUS were quick to award him and his administration’s Operation Warp Speed, which oversaw the creation and distribution of coronavirus vaccines during the first weeks of the nationwide deployment process.

Ruddy echoed this sentiment.

“Biden could have distanced himself from the vaccine since his political enemy had been the key to its creation,” he concluded. Instead, Biden is exposing Trump’s accomplishments in these areas at his political peril. For now, we Americans can applaud President Biden’s success with the vaccine rollout. It saves countless lives – And it’s a good thing.