Posted on 03/06/2021 8:07:45 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
President Joe Biden is the first executive in 40 years to come to this point in his term without holding a formal question and answer session, such as a news conference or Oval Office address.
“It reflects a White House media strategy meant both to reserve major media set-pieces for the celebration of a legislative victory and to limit unforced errors from a historically gaffe-prone politician,” the Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday.
The president chooses to take questions nearly as often as many of his recent predecessors, but usually takes one or two informal inquiries in a hurried setting toward the end of events, the article continued:
In a sharp contrast with the previous administration, the White House is exerting extreme message discipline, empowering staff to speak but doing so with caution. Recalling both Biden’s largely leak-free campaign and the buttoned-up Obama administration, the new White House team has carefully managed the president’s appearances, trying to lower the temperature from Donald Trump’s Washington and to save a big media moment to mark what could soon be a signature accomplishment: passage of the COVID-19 bill.
On Wednesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted, “An analysis of the past 100 years shows President Biden’s 15 most recent predecessors all held a formal solo press conference within 33 days of taking office. Biden has not and it’s day 42”:
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With his spoiled-by date long past, he could become the
first and only president to never allow open questions.
He’s unquestionably the first with no answers.
We will never see an actual press conference. There will be staged ones though with vetted reporters asking pre-approved questions.
Mr. President, do you like rain? What rain?
Mr. President, what’s your favorite vegetable? Kamala Harris
Mr. President, who was your favorite former president? Booker T Washington
Mr. President, great job on Covid and the economy. Thank you. We rescued America...
And so it goes...
I can see that happening. Hoping Babylon Bee will make fun of that lol.
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