President Joe Biden wore a mask outside the White House Tuesday, despite the Centers for Disease Control loosening mask rules for vaccinated Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
The president wore his aviator sunglasses and his mask as he arrived at the event, set outside the North Portico of the White House.
Biden said he wanted Americans to see him without his mask when he returned to the White House.
When asked what message he was sending with his mask, Biden replied that “by watching me take it off and not put it back on until I get inside,” Americans could see a visible change in the guidelines.
