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During Monday's White House press briefing, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy confronted press secretary Jen Psaki on Fauci's remarks — which were made Sunday on CNN.

"Does President [Joe] Biden agree with Dr. Fauci that at the local level there should be more vaccine mandates?" Doocy asked.

Psaki replied that she did not have a specific context. Doocy interjected to provide Fauci's full quote."

"'I have been of this opinion, and I remain of that opinion, that I do believe at the local level … there should be more mandates,'" said Doocy, quoting Fauci. "'There really should be. We're talking about life-and-death situations. We've lost 600,000 Americans already, and we're still losing more people.'"

Psaki reiterated the White House's stance that there will not be a federal vaccine mandate but added that local mandate would have Biden's backing.