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I feel like this is going to be a nothing burger, but lets discuss the history of presidential news conferences:
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-news-conferences
So I think the above statitstic is a bit misleading because it doesn't single out solo conferences.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/bidens-solo-news-conferences-perspective
I just saw a stat saying he hasn't had a full cabinet meeting since last October? So take press conferences out of it... it's kind of dire how low a profile Biden is maintaining.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/joe-biden-age-decline-democrats-angry/index.html
"Ahead of closed-door Cabinet meetings that Biden attends, it is customary for Cabinet officials to submit questions and key talking points that they plan to present in front of Biden ahead of time to White House aides, two sources with direct knowledge told CNN.
“The entire display is kind of an act,” one of those sources told CNN. “They would come and say, ‘Hey, the president is going to call on you about 25 minutes in, and ask this question. What are the bullet points you’ll respond with?’”
The second source, who echoed that same description, said when Biden attends Cabinet meetings, they are “not free-wheeling, and pretty well-orchestrated.” And the meetings themselves are infrequent, with one Cabinet secretary telling CNN they are uncertain of Biden’s condition because they so rarely see him.
In fact, the last full Cabinet meeting took place on October 2, 2023. Sources also said Cabinet meetings during the Obama years, which Biden attended as vice president, were not pre-scripted this way."
Man. Like.
Putin is invading Europe. There is a genocide and a warm/ hot war in the middle east.
And this guy doesn't go to his cabinet meetings?
Seriously? What motive is there to generate clicks? This isn't a for-profit website.
For me, the breaking point was the debate. I said it then and I believe it now, Biden needs to step down, not as the candidate, but as the President.
Turn it over to Harris, let her run the show through the end of the year and run for office.
Biden just looked lost during the debate, it's time for him to step aside.
Yea we should go back to Mike Pence falling asleep in the background…
It’s not like the last 4 years have been worse than the past 4 years…
That sounds like a well run meeting with a concrete agenda.