minority whip congressman steve scalise. doctor, i will start with you. her remarks struck me very much like virginia, the guy running for virginia governor, his remark about, you don t have any right as parents to know what your children are being taught, this disconnect as though we are coparenting with her. it is not of her business. what is your take on this notion that 2-year-olds, it s not a big deal to have them in masks for several hours a day? well, tammy, first of all, merry christmas eve eve to everyone out there. i do take offense to this in the sense that i am a mother of three children, as well as a physician, and while i can tell you early on in the pandemic when we did not have a lot of tools to decrease transmission and also protect the vulnerable, mask wearing have a much bigger impact and role in our fight against covid-19. however, now that we have an
doctor, i will start with you. her remarks struck me very much like virginia, the guy running for virginia governor, his remark about, you don t have any right as parents to know what your children are being taught, this disconnect as though we are coparenting with her. it is not of her business. what is your take on this notion that 2-year-olds, it s not a big deal to have them in masks for several hours a day? well, tammy, first of all, merry christmas eve eve to everyone out there. i do take offense to this in the sense that i am a mother of three children, as well as a physician, and while i can tell you early on in the pandemic when we did not have a lot of tools to decrease transmission and also protect the vulnerable, mask wearing have a much bigger impact and role in our fight against covid-19. however, now that we have an arsenal between vaccines and boosters and treatments and also that we have a wall of immunity
saying let s not keep adding to this, they say their voices are not being heard. progressives are ruling the day. the president is add the bidding of the progressives what do you say? believe me, they re already discussing a reasonable compromise. i have no doubt that they will resolve it and resolve it successfully in a way that moves the country forward and does so responsibly. that s already underway. those discussions are underway. i m quite confident that they ll be resolved. neil: are you concerned for the president with a 38% approval rating, that something is not resonating? even when the guy running for virginia governor, the former governor, is now saying that his numbers are hurt because the president s numbers are hurt? look, the president is making some very tough decisions which should have been made a long time ago. i have no doubt that we ll resolve this, that we ll come to