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SCANDAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE: Even Biden’s Staff Can’t Handle His Gaffes
If I worked for Biden, I’d probably be ripping my hair out every time he spoke.
And it seems that’s what everyone who actually DOES work for Biden is doing.
That’s why they have to skip all of his (very few) press conferences.
To limit the anxiety brought on by Biden’s endless gaffes, his need for cheat sheets, and those times he gets racist or yells at female reporters, his staff frequently mutes or turns off the TV whenever he’s on-screen.
Politico reports:
When Biden gives public remarks, some White House staffers will either mute him or turn off his remarks, according to White House officials.
It’s not that they’re indifferent to what their boss has to say. Indeed, their livelihoods are directly invested in it. Rather, they’re filled with anxiety that he’s going to take questions from the press and veer off the West Wing’s carefully orchestrated messaging.
“I know people who habitually don’t watch it live for that reason,” said one current official.
Biden’s advisers have urged him to answer fewer of the questions being shouted at him by reporters covering his events. While the president sometimes obliges and quickly leaves the podium after remarks, he has a tendency to buck those staffers trying to rein him in. “I’m not supposed to take any questions, but go ahead,” he said after addressing FEMA the other week.
While the press mostly excuses Biden’s near-constant mistake-making, it seems his staff just can’t give him the same grace.
Poor, unfortunate souls.
