Biden had a bit of a time at the press conference he held yesterday in Rome.
First, he was late, claiming he was “playing with elevators.”
He then made it very clear that he had been picking on journalists from pre-approved lists, which we also reported. Biden being Biden, he gave the game away when he said, “Now, I’m told that I should start with AP, Zeke Miller.” But even with that approved list he had some trouble with questions. His shocking dip in polls he claimed was normal for everyone. But he’s had the biggest drop of anyone in the office since World War II according to Gallup. So obviously, that doesn’t happen to everyone. He also tried to evade comment about what he claimed Pope Francis said to him — that he was a good Catholic and should keep receiving Communion seemingly throwing the Pope in the way of the criticism of him from American Catholic bishops.
Biden seems to be able to name a few people he would like to reach out to. Of the five people he called on in the presser yesterday, he’d also called on three of them in his press conference in March — ABC’s Cecilia Vega, the AP’s Zeke Miller and the Washington Post’s Seung Min Kim.
The questions often seemed teed up for him — such as the Pope question from Vega:
“For these Catholics back home, what did it mean for you to hear Pope Francis, in the wake of this — in the middle of this debate, call you a good Catholic? And did what he tell you — should that put this debate to rest?”
What that means is that there’s a slew of reporters who aren’t getting the opportunity to ask him questions, including people like Fox’s Peter Doocy who would be inclined to ask more piercing questions, holding Biden to greater account.
But that didn’t stop Doocy from trying to do his job. Only if the rest of the group had half the persistence required to seek the truth.
“Mr. President, is it true we’re going to give $450,000 to border crossers who are separated?” Doocy shouted at Biden as Biden was leaving the press conference going down the escalator.
President Biden is leaving #G20Answers no question from @pdoocy on whether U.S. is considering $450k payments to illegal immigrants https://t.co/0ENyRP4cq9 pic.twitter.com/MJWvVHlKgy
— Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) October 31, 2021
This incredible story was reported by us. It revealed that Biden’s team considered huge payouts to illegal aliens, who were separated because they had entered this country illegally. This was made all the more disturbing that it was Biden spin about people being “separated” that basically added to the “injury.” Yet it was the illegal aliens who entered illegally who themselves precipitated the issue, they can’t claim ignorance to the law. Or at least they couldn’t if they were Americans, that ordinarily wouldn’t work as an excuse. But it’s the Biden team apparently looking to offer them the money, something that’s particularly disturbing when Americans are being pressed under the boot of Joe Biden’s inflationary economy.
Biden didn’t answer. Biden looked up and scratched his forehead before continuing on the escalator.
Biden only allows the media very restricted access. There have been very few press conferences like that in Rome. Even then, Biden invites just a few journalists to attend. Biden’s staff always rushes reporters to leave the room when he announces events. As Doocy did, he doesn’t get asked hard questions. The press — who should be objecting — seem to just let it go by. Following the September meeting between Biden and Boris Johnson, one of them filed a complaint against Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary. But that hasn’t stopped the White House from continuing to do the same thing. If the press doesn’t hold him accountable, they will continue doing it.
However, there’s no doubt that Doocy and a few others will keep pressing and doing the job all of them should be doing.
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