There was also the need to adopt an intellectual affect that distinguished you from Trump’s base.
I can imagine Biden's aides so full of joy when they learned Biden was going to use the phrase "a pandemic of the unvaccinated". And it's true that after Biden said - libs used spoons to eat up that shit. They love to be reminded of their moral superiority.
But the right-wing heard things very differently. They heard Biden call them fucking stupid. And that's not exactly useful in a pandemic and many then 100% rejected vaccines and masks forever.
I can imagine Biden's aides so full of joy when they learned Biden was going to use the phrase "a pandemic of the unvaccinated". And it's true that after Biden said - libs used spoons to eat up that shit. They love to be reminded of their moral superiority.
But the right-wing heard things very differently. They heard Biden call them fucking stupid. And that's not exactly useful in a pandemic and many then 100% rejected vaccines and masks forever.