Rules For Thee, Not For Me: Dr. Birx Ignored Her Own Guidance Over Thanksgiving

In yet another moment of 'Rules for thee, not for me,' the Associated Press is out with a report that Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, spent Thanksgiving at one of her vacation homes after warning Americans to celebrate the holiday with only "your immediate household."

Like New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who openly admitted having his mother travel on Thanksgiving to spend the holiday with his family in Albany, Birx was adamant about taking precautions for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Birx said on November 30 that people who gathered should assume they were infected.

"We know people may have made mistakes over the Thanksgiving time period," Birx said on "Face the Nation." "If you're young and you gathered, you need to be tested about five to 10 days later. But you need to assume that you're infected and not go near your grandparents and aunts and others without a mask."

It turns out Birx spent the holiday at one of her vacation properties in Delaware and was joined by three generations of family, including her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. Birx told the AP her purpose for the 50-hour trip was to winterize the vacation property and not for Thanksgiving, but she does acknowledge her family shared a dinner while at the property.

Birx's appearance on "Face The Nation" that weekend was done from the vacation home.

"To every American, this is the moment to protect yourself and your family," she said on CBS. "So if your governor or your mayor isn't doing the policies that we know are critical — masking, physical distancing, avoiding bars, avoiding crowded indoor areas — if those restrictions don't exist in your state, you need to take it upon yourself to be restricted. You need to not go to these places. You need to protect your family now." 














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Joe Kinsey is the Senior Director of Content of OutKick and the editor of the Morning Screencaps column that examines a variety of stories taking place in real America. Kinsey is also the founder of OutKick’s Thursday Night Mowing League, America’s largest virtual mowing league. Kinsey graduated from University of Toledo.