President Joe Biden gave the first press briefing in over two months in office on Thursday. Watch as he takes his first question:
Biden, after taking a question from Zeke Miller of the Associated Press, fumbles around with his notes and takes peeks at it throughout his answer.
“Well, I’m — look,” Biden said and paused, then began looking through a booklet of scripted answers. “When, uh, when I took office I, uh, decided that it was a fairly basic, simple proposition. And that is, I got elected to solve problems.”
“And the most urgent problems facing the American people I stated from the outset,” he contiued, “was COVID-19 and the economic dislocation for millions and millions of Americans.”
“And so that’s why I put all my focus in the beginning, for a lot of problems, put all of my focus on dealing with those particular problems,” Biden said while again referring to his notes.
The reaction on Twitter was incredulity.
Biden goes to the notes!
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) March 25, 2021
Biden has his answers written down on note cards pic.twitter.com/gLFlMoxkw8
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 25, 2021
Biden reads his notes again when told by a "question" that immigrants come here because he is such a moral man. pic.twitter.com/3B2F4RFZTi
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) March 25, 2021
Look at Biden rifling through his notes. Did you ever see Trump do that ever? Did you ever see any president do that ever? Please tell me you understand what you’re watching right now. Please tell me you recognize this horror and what is occurring right now. Please.
— 🇺🇸Lionel🇺🇸 (@LionelMedia) March 25, 2021
Biden also was calling on reporters based on a prepared list.
Biden is calling on friendly reporters based on a list. It has already been documented that the Biden administration has reached out to reporters to see what questions they are going to ask in advance.
Biden is repeatedly looking at notes, unable to answer without help
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 25, 2021
My God. This is sick. He has to look at notes to who to call on????
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) March 25, 2021
Despite having 64 days to prepare for the event, Biden can’t even answer a question authoritatively without notes. What a difference from President Trump, who could talk for hours unscripted without notes or a teleprompter.
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