Fox News informed viewers via an appalling chyron Thursday that \u201cJoe Biden should be finished\u201d with his speech about the biggest pandemic in 100 years\u00a0as\u00a0Tucker Carlson waited impatiently to get on the air and bash what the president had just said.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Carlson \u201cresponded\u201d to the speech with a series of grimaces in a live shot in a lower corner of the screen. He rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth, furrowed his brow and squinted as Biden talked about the nation\u2019s continued battle against COVID-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBiden should be finished; Tucker is on any minute,\u201d the chyron read as Biden wrapped up his remarks after an economical 24 minutes. His predecessor,\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0often meandered on air for at least an hour in presidential speeches and frequently wandered off-topic.<\/p>\n
It was Biden\u2019s first prime-time address from the White House. He announced he was directing states to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults by May 1 as the nation continues to battle a pandemic that has claimed more than 530,000 lives in the U.S. He said there was a \u201cgood chance\u201d that \u201cyou, your family and friends\u201d could celebrate together by the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n
Biden also condemned \u201cvicious hate crimes\u201d against Asian Americans who have been targeted in a surging number of attacks ever since Trump blamed China for the coronavirus, often using racist slurs\u00a0in speeches about it.<\/p>\n
But enough about what the president of the nation had to say, let\u2019s move on to Carlson, Fox News told its audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carlson inexplicably called the speech \u201csurreal,\u201d like a \u201cdream sequence.\u201d\u00a0He wondered why Biden didn\u2019t mention \u201call of the people who might not want to take the shot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also added in fury, addressing Biden and perplexing everyone: \u201cWho are you talking to? This is a free people. This is a free country. How dare<\/em> you tell us who we can spend the Fourth of July with?\u201d<\/p>\n (Sean Hannity called on Biden to thank Trump, the man who repeatedly urged Americans to ignore health precautions as the nation\u2019s COVID-19 death toll soared to the highest in the world.)<\/p>\n Viewers were gobsmacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n A HuffPost Guide To Coronavirus<\/strong><\/p>\n