Whether it\u2019s response to crises or plans of their own design, the Biden administration cannot seem to do anything right. Yet the White House and its supporters are quick to try to shift blame elsewhere.<\/p>\n
In a discussion on the \u201cFox News @ Night\u201d program \u2013 as part of host Shannon Bream\u2019s \u201cBream Team\u201d pundit panel \u2013 Project 21<\/a><\/strong> Co-chairman Horace Cooper<\/a><\/strong> and liberal commentator Richard Fowler were asked to comment on the announcement and subsequent retreat<\/a><\/strong> on a ministry of truth-style \u201cDisinformation Governance Board.\u201d A Washington Post report<\/a><\/strong>, published in the \u201cStyle\u201d section, blamed the \u201cpaused\u201d program\u2019s misfire on \u2013 of course \u2013 conservative disinformation.<\/p>\n Horace made the case as to why the White House has only itself to blame:<\/p>\n This administration failed to explain why they were creating this agency. They failed to explain what this agency is going to be empowered to do. They\u2019ve failed to explain its scope.\u00a0But the problem here, as we\u2019re just being told, is it\u2019s right-wingers who have created a narrative.<\/p>\n The onus on government, whenever they create anything \u2013 whether it\u2019s a new social program or government agency \u2013 they have the duty of explaining what it\u2019s going to do, how much it\u2019s gonna cost, what are its responsibilities. They failed abysmally here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The second topic addressed the current baby formula shortage<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 a problem the White House initially downplayed<\/a><\/strong>. Now Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act<\/a><\/strong> to ramp up production at home and fly in formula from abroad. President Donald Trump was criticized for using the same law to build up COVID-related supplies such as masks and ventilators.<\/p>\n While Horace hoped this would help ease the strain on worried parents, he added that this is \u201cyet another example of gross incompetence\u201d on the part of the Biden administration:<\/p>\n When this problem was first brought to the administration\u2019s attention \u2013 back at the beginning of the year \u2013 some action should have been taken. The Secretary of [Health and Human Services] should have been empowered. The Secretary of Agriculture should have been empowered to act affirmatively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But that never happened:<\/p>\n Now, what we\u2019re seeing is a blame game: oh, it\u2019s not me, it\u2019s the guy behind the tree.<\/p>\n I hope that we see some action soon, but we\u2019ve already had two children hospitalized. How many more before they get this problem behind us?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Despite Horace\u2019s previous comments, Fowler jumped right into trying to find blame elsewhere. He blamed the lack of manufacturers and presented an equity-rooted complaint about the cost of formula. Horace replied:<\/p>\n If any of that were true, why wouldn\u2019t they have stated that\u2026 last summer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And Bream fact-checked Fowler, noting that \u201cpeople were warning\u201d about the growing supply chain problems like Horace said \u2013 including for baby formula \u2013 months ago.<\/p>\n