Posted on 07/08/2024 2:44:52 AM PDT by Libloather
Staffers for President Biden provide him instructions with large print and photos of venue interiors and his planned path of entry ahead of events the 81-year-old commander-in-chief attends, according to a report.
Documents obtained by Axios on Sunday show how staff help guide Biden – including his specific path to a podium – when he appears at functions. The report comes as the Democrat faces relentless questions about whether he is fit for the Oval Office after an awful debate performance last month against presumptive GOP opponent, former President Donald Trump.
“It surprised me that a seasoned political pro like the president would need detailed verbal and visual instructions on how to enter and exit a room,” a person who staffed a Biden event in the past 18 months told the outlet.
“I staffed a simple fundraiser at a private residence, but they treated it like it was a NATO summit with his movements,” the unidentified staffer also said.
The White House sends event staffers a template to follow when getting their own guidance ready for the president as part of what’s known as “advance work,” according to Axios.
One template reportedly shows a large photo of the event space on each page with big text like “View from podium” and “View from audience.” Two pages also gave separate photos with “Walk to the podium” accompanying the pictures.
But a White House spokesperson downplayed the instructions, telling Axios that “high levels of detail and precision are critical to presidential advance work — regardless of who is president — and these are basic approaches that are used by any modern advance team, including the vice president’s office and agencies.”
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I believe this is and has been standard for years. The only difference is Joek can’t remember what everyone else used to glance at and memorize.
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He's fine for a person with a scrambled egg for a brain.
Instructions to learn to “moon walk”?
Not sure if they planned on the puppet strings breaking down. Their puppet has fallen and they can't stand him up.
That's my Wifes favorite. Mine is when he was standing next to Jill as she spoke into a mic, and heard an ice cream truck pass behind him and turned and shuffled off towards it. There are so many instances.
JUST imagine how that will look on their “past employment’ records in the future........
Correct, however -
I don’t believe we’ve ever had a president (or for that matter any other politician) that was so devoid of what they were doing, that they had cue (that were clearly visible) showing which journalist (along with the journalist’s photo), what the questions were and what answer he would read as a “spontaneous” response to the known question . . .
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