LONDON: Fox News and other right-wing media outlets painted US President Joe Biden as an evil tyrant on Thursday following his address to the nation announcing new vaccine mandates.
“Biden is an authoritarian,” a banner on Fox declared. “Biden declares war on millions of Americans,” another banner read.
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Fox News Primetime called the president’s new COVID-19 mandates “authoritarian.”
Other right-wing media took a similar line. Breitbart wrote: “Full totalitarian,” on its homepage, the far-right Gateway Pundit news outlet ripped the “Biden regime” for its “tyrannical mandates” and the Federalist described it as a “fascist move.”
In his speech on Thursday, Biden said that the Department of Labor will issue an emergency rule requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccination or weekly testing for their employees.
While Fox News took a stance against the newly announced mandate, the company has implemented its own COVID-19 policy.
Fox Corporation requires all of its employees to submit their vaccination status to the company and all unvaccinated employees must wear a mask and social distance at all times while working in the offices.
However, immediately after Biden finished his speech, Fox News opinion host Jesse Watters called the president “bitter” and “upset” and said that he’s “taking that anger out” on unvaccinated Americans.
