Jeff Mason: If the Covid Narrative Ends Up Taking Over Again, That Will Not Be Helpful to Biden’s Agenda

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MASON: “Well, I think, Chris, as Robert Gibbs would be able to explain well, a White House’s job is to juggle a lot of things. And they do that, but that said, I think you can also see that we sort of have one narrative, usually, in Washington. And if the Covid narrative ends up taking over again, that will not be helpful to President Biden’s agenda. He has a desire, I think, and you referenced this in your intro, to spend the next few weeks really pushing for that Build Back Better bill to get passed in the Senate, but there are these other distractions, especially the debt ceiling. And if this variant ends up becoming another distraction, as we're certainly seeing its impact on the markets this morning, that will make it harder to get people focused on what he would like to do, which are those elements of the bill that Robert went over just a few minutes ago.”