Biden Sparks Flurry of Speculation After Suddenly Postponing Supply Chain Speech Amid Omicron Fears
President Biden abruptly postponed a Monday afternoon speech aimed at reassuring Americans that Santa’s sleigh will arrive on time — as his administration’s focus shifted from a ports backlog and inflation to the potentially more contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Hours earlier, the president urged the public not to “panic” as scientists review data about the variant, which boasts an unusually high number of mutations which may enable it to better evade coronavirus vaccines currently in use.
After his midday remarks, Biden went ahead as planned with an early-afternoon roundtable with CEOs of major US companies to discuss the supply chain crunch. He was then scheduled to deliver remarks on that crisis at 3:45 p.m.
But with just 21 minutes notice, the White House pulled the plug on Biden’s speech, rescheduling it for Wednesday.
The rare scheduling move sparked a flurry of speculation, but Biden aides said he wanted to spend more time with the CEOs, including Corie Barry of Best Buy, KS Choi of Samsung and Josh Silverman of Etsy, who joined him in person, and Doug McMillon of Walmart, who joined virtually. (Read more from “Biden Sparks Flurry of Speculation After Suddenly Postponing Supply Chain Speech Amid Omicron Fears” HERE)
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