Well Congressman, about that:Even by GOP standards, Biden admin vaccine progress is impressive
Donald Trump's pandemic response was burdened by all kinds of failures, but among the most politically significant problems the former president created was over-promising and under-delivering. Trump, a little too eager to win assorted news cycles, had a ridiculous habit of making bold guarantees, on which he could not -- and did not -- deliver.
Joe Biden entered the presidency realizing that under-promising and over-delivering was a far smarter approach. To that end, the Democrat began his term vowing to administer 100 million COVID vaccination shots in his first 100 days in office. The new president easily met his target -- with more than 40 days to spare.
Many observers argued that Biden's goal sounded good, but it was relatively modest. A million shots per day would certainly be an improvement over the vaccination rates we saw toward the end of Trump's term, but the United States could, and almost certainly should, do better. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) told Fox News in January, "If the Biden administration wants to impress us ... double the goal. Say, '200 million vaccines in a hundred days.' I will be impressed."
Somehow I'm not expecting Crenshaw to admit that he is impressed.