Posted on 04/24/2020 4:28:21 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The president concluded the briefing after he and his team delivered opening statements, saying, “Thank you very much,” before turning and exiting the room. Reporters shouted questions as he walked away.
The president suffered a brutal 24 hours of news coverage after he asked whether disinfectant or ultraviolet light could be used in the body to fight the Wuhan coronavirus.
Prior to the briefing, reporters said that White House staff tried to change seating in the press briefing room, moving CNN to the back of the room and moving Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson to the front.
“White House staff just came into the briefing room and informed the print pooler that they want them to swap seats w CNN,” Yahoo News media reporter Hunter Walker wrote on Twitter. “That would move CNN to the back row from the front.”
Reporters refused to move, even though the White House staffer threatened to have Secret Service enforce the seat change.
The White House owns the space in the briefing room and can technically control the space, but traditionally, the White House Correspondents Association sets the seating arrangements arranged by an elected board of officials.
Axios’s Jonathan Swan reported Friday after the briefing that the president would start cutting back his appearances at the daily press briefing.
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The same commie media who screamed for weeks to NOT have anymore briefings, now have their panties in a wad because Trump is not going to have as many briefings..nothing will ever satisfy these clowns, NOTHING..their hatred for President Trump is at a level Ive never seen in my lifetime for any President
I loved it!!!!
Impeach!
the questions are all crap anyway
Everything he does is always to be spun negatively.
Marching orders for a very long time now.
Good..... tired of hearing the azzhats asking stoopid questions.
I was laughing.
Because the communist media wishes Trump dead..they are upset that he didnt die of coronavirus..they probably go to bed every night hoping he or someone in his family get it
I like watching him slap them around. This was even better.
What they should do is not allow any press in the room. Make them line up outside then call then in, one by one and have them take a seat. Call CNN in last. Once seat remaining - back corner.
I’d rather have Trump dealing with all the issues on his ‘desk’, than wasting his energy exhibiting before a corrupt media every day.
When he wants to talk to US, he knows how to do it. There are lots of resources at his command.
They consider these Trump rallies,so they have actually gotten their way
The Commiemedia just went nuts.
If you abuse your opportunity, you should be punished. 0bama didn’t answer press question for a lot of months, as I recall.
Hope he continues to walk out without taking questions. Screw those Dem shills.
Questions from the media add almost nothing to the breifings of benefit to the American people. They are designed to forment dischord, preen before the camera or show Trump in a bad light. Not taking questions lets Trump and his staff put their valuable time on worthwhile and productive things.
They can either do what the WH wants or he won’t take their stupid accusations disguised as questions.
After the media spent the last 24 hours collaborating on their latest gotcha questions, Trump pulls a fast one and exits stage right. Bravo!!!
There is a reason he is President and the media’s favorability rating is less than 20%.
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