Biden pitches ‘Cancer Moonshot’ as Bipartisan pursuit
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On Monday, President Biden compared his "cancer moonshot" program to former President Kennedy's well-known "moonshot" initiative and touted it as a nonpartisan effort that should unite Americans. While left-leaning articles focus on how how Biden’s anti-cancer efforts provided a rare moment of bipartisanship in Washington, right-leaning articles focus on how Biden plans to get billions of dollars in funding in order to make this moonshot a reality.
The Hill published a centrist article about Vice President Joe Biden’s speech on the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's "moonshot" speech, describing the initiative to cut the cancer death rate in half over the next 25 years. Biden also signed an executive order launching a national biotechnology and bio-manufacturing initiative.
A left-leaning article from the Washington Post highlights how Biden’s anti-cancer efforts provided a rare moment of bipartisanship in Washington and while still nascent, the moonshot initiative has already shown some benefits and could make a big difference. Biden has become a strong advocate for cancer research after the death of his son from brain cancer.
A right-leaning article from the NY Post highlights how President Kennedy's moonshot—getting the first man to the Moon—cost approximately $200 billion or more in 2020 dollars and how Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, was asked if Biden is requesting funding from Congress in order to make this moonshot a reality and invest billions.