White House spokesperson Jen Psaki stated that President Joe Biden gets “frustrated” when his “views” and “passions” are not being heard due to l”imitations that have been imposed upon him” by government officials.
NBC News White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell told Psaki, “I think outside observers would not always view this president as the most effective communicator himself. He has at times been criticized for not being able to carry his message.”
“Do you feel that the president is at times frustrated by how he is perceived as his own messenger?” O’Donnell asked.
“It’s an interesting question,” Psaki replied. “Look, I think every president probably is frustrated at moments when they are not, do not feel like their views, their passions, their policies are being heard and digested.”
JEN PSAKI agrees that Biden gets "frustrated" when his "passions" are not "being heard and digested."
"There are limitations that have been imposed upon him…[that] have not allowed people to see, at all times, what his magic is." pic.twitter.com/2Um8wEmOlY
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“There’s lots of reasons for that,” Psaki insisted. “You know, there are good questions that, I know this is not a panel about this, but like, are long speeches, still effective means of communicating with the public. Probably not, right?”
Psaki went on to state that “I mean, he’s he’s traveling three times this week, and in some ways I look at there are limitations that have been imposed upon him and us because of COVID that I think have not allowed people to see at all times what what his magic is, right?”
“And because he hasn’t been traveling much, I think that’s been limiting,” the White house press secretary conceded. “But I do think the speeches, I mean, we’ve kind of, we’ve done fewer speeches in some ways. And like every White House, you’re always trying to think about how to break out of the bubble of things.”
Psaki concluded, “So I don’t know. It’s a constant debate.”
Biden has held far fewer press conferences and conducted far fewer press conferences than his most recent predecessors.
