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Biden read note with staffer’s critique aloud on call with Dems: ‘You are sounding defensive’
https://nypost.com ^ | 7/17/2024 | victor nava

Posted on 07/17/2024 6:36:49 PM PDT by bitt

President Biden was handed a private note during a recent call with Democratic House lawmakers telling him to “stay positive” — and he read it out loud.

A staffer gave the 81-year-old president a note card with tips as he attempted to persuade members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Saturday that he was fit to serve and able to defeat former President Donald Trump on Election Day, the New York Times reported.

“Stay positive, you are sounding defensive,” Biden said on the call, seemingly reading directly from his staffer’s short missive.

One lawmaker told the New York Times that the moment represented how “stage-managed” calls between the president and lawmakers concerned about his re-election chances have seemed.

Biden has long been known to rely on note cards for press conferences, summits and private fundraisers, instructing him where to sit, what to do and who people are.

Still, the lawmaker also interpreted the moment as the president “poking fun at his aides” rather than accidentally reading the private memo.

The president has a history of blurting out instructions meant for his eyes only, including when he read “pause” off a teleprompter during a campaign speech in April.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the CPC, said the call with Biden was “productive and engaging.”

“We spoke frankly to the President about our concerns and asked tough questions about the path forward. We appreciate his willingness to thoughtfully answer and address our Members,” she wrote on X.

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1 posted on 07/17/2024 6:36:49 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/17/2024 6:37:02 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

walk it off big guy

you got this


3 posted on 07/17/2024 6:37:47 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: bitt

“End of quote”


4 posted on 07/17/2024 6:38:05 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: bitt

No words


5 posted on 07/17/2024 6:40:03 PM PDT by onona
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To: bitt

“You sound like a senile old windbag”


6 posted on 07/17/2024 6:41:35 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: bitt

Biden, realizing his gaffe, quickly recovered by saying, “Anyway…”


7 posted on 07/17/2024 6:42:05 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: bitt

Maybe next he will read the “made in china” sticker on his teleprompter..


8 posted on 07/17/2024 6:42:28 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: bitt

Jayapal has such a weird looking face. Like something is askew


9 posted on 07/17/2024 6:43:03 PM PDT by RummyChick ( )
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To: bitt

He’s a national security risk, right now.


10 posted on 07/17/2024 6:43:45 PM PDT by OKSooner (FREE BANNON!!!)
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To: bitt

“Weekend at Burgundy’s”


11 posted on 07/17/2024 6:46:03 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo (No one is above the law, but some are more above the law than others.)
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To: NWFree

“You sound like a senile old windbag”

All right, that’s it! You made me spew my tea all over my computer screen!


12 posted on 07/17/2024 6:47:38 PM PDT by bosco24
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To: bitt

For a turnip he makes a pretty good mannequin.


13 posted on 07/17/2024 6:47:49 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: bitt

Salute the Marine.


14 posted on 07/17/2024 6:52:15 PM PDT by Colinsky
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To: bitt

I remember seeing a “fact check” from the lying media after his “End of Quote” gaffe, claiming it was not a gaffe. Will they double down on this, or finally start admitting their lies and that Biden really is lost?


15 posted on 07/17/2024 7:14:28 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: RummyChick

I always thought she looked like Popeye’s Paki granddaughter. All she needs is that pipe sticking out the side of her mouth, and a white sailor uniform.


16 posted on 07/17/2024 7:18:28 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: bitt

Biden is a perfect example of the Peter Principle which states that:

In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties


17 posted on 07/17/2024 8:23:11 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: bitt

So….If we hack the printer, we can get him to say anything?

Just curious….


18 posted on 07/17/2024 9:24:03 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: RummyChick
Kashika, Jayapal's child from her previous marriage to Preston, is transgender and previously identified as non-binary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal

19 posted on 07/17/2024 10:28:00 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: bitt

Then Joe told them, "Joe, your fly is open!"

20 posted on 07/17/2024 10:31:53 PM PDT by Songcraft
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