During the G7 press conference on Sunday, President Biden called on reporters who appeared to be on a preapproved list as he repeatedly said he would “get in trouble” with his staff if he failed to read off the list.
Joe Biden: “I’m going to get in trouble with staff” if I don’t call from pre-approved list of reporters pic.twitter.com/9pzBLZ9l0s
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 13, 2021
At the end of the press conference, Biden decided to call on a reporter whose name did not appear to be on the list, warning that he would now “get in trouble” with his staff. After the reporter asked what should have been an easy-to-answer question, Biden told the reporter, “give me a break.”
“You have often said repeatedly that ‘America is back,’” the reporter said. “At the same time, you’ve kept in play some Trump-era steel and aluminum sanctions. And I wanted to ask you: When you’re having these conversations with European allies who are very concerned about these sanctions, how do you justify that? And what are your plans for — ”
“A hundred and twenty days,” the 145-days-in-office president replied while doing his best Batman impersonation. “Give me a break. Need time.”
Joe Biden tells a reporter “I’m gonna get in trouble with my staff,” then says he’s been in office for 120 days.
It’s been 145 days. pic.twitter.com/slPkuGhI5v
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 13, 2021
The incident comes the month after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted on a podcast that Biden is told to not answer questions.
“He takes questions nearly every day he’s out from the press,” Psaki said in May. “That is not something we recommend. In fact, a lot of times, we say, ‘Don’t take questions.’ But he’s going to do what he wants to do because he’s the president of the United States.”
