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Joe BidenDNC strengthens finance team Pentagon extends national guard at Capitol until May 23 Blinken to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee James Clyburn (SC), the third-ranked Democrat in the House, told Fox News on Tuesday that he had no hesitation in speaking to the press.
Clyburn, whose endorsement of Biden in South Carolina helped him win the state primary, said Democrats and Biden are simply working on the COVID-19 package, and that voters are not the president and a Democratic House and Senate did not vote. satisfy the media.
The remarks come amid a murmur that Biden has yet to hold a full press conference. The White House said Biden would do so before the end of the month.
“There’s no hesitation on the part of this president to communicate with the press,” Clyburn said after Fox News anchor and managing editor Neil Cavuto said he was curious “about why [Biden] does not hold large press conferences. ”
“Why is he not,” Cavuto replied.
“Just because we’re busy with other things right now,” Clyburn said. “We are not here just to please the media. We are here to please the American people.”
Clyburn later noted that House Biden will approve the $ 1.9 billion COVID-19 account on Wednesday.
“We’re getting this bill signed – done tomorrow, signed this week and he’s already told you he’s going to be there among the American people selling this bill,” he said.
Bidden asked ad hoc questions from reporters at the end of the events or while walking to Marine One, but has not held a full one-on-one question session with the media since taking office .
After reviewing the past 100 years, CNN recently found that each of the 15 presidents before Biden held a press conference within 33 days of taking office.
Biden came under increasing pressure not to maintain the tradition. The Washington Post has published at least two publications asking Biden to hold a press conference, and the subject is frequently covered by reporters during the White House’s daily briefing.
The White House press secretary was asked at the briefing last Friday on the subject Jen Psaki
Jen PsakiKlain: Biden is likely to deliver a joint speech to Congress after selling aid package to White House chief of staff: Young a ‘very serious candidate’ for the OMB director over the money: COVID-19 bill on course for housekeeping, Biden signature Wednesday | The first new checks go out next week MORE promises that Biden will hold a press before the end of the month. However, she did not set a date.