Did that actually happen?
“Did that actually happen?”
Actually it was Pfeiffer who said he would remove the BC from the press room before Barry arrived so that he could not hold it, and Bauer was standing right next to him leaping to say, in effect, that rather than whether Barry is holding the BC, it is statements of HDOH officials should be relied on.
In brief, here is the transcript on the White House’ own website:
REPORTER: Will the President be holding it?
PFEIFFER: He will not, and I will not leave it here for him to do so.
Here is the best analysis of the WH presser I have found so far on the Citizen Wells blog showing in detail all of the “consciousness of guilt” behavior and statements on that day:
http://wtpotus.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/obama-long-form-gaggledygook/