No matter how you spin it, there’s no good look about the Easter Bunny having to retrieve the President of the United States after he had seemingly wandered off to greet some of the folks who were on hand.
The traditional White House Easter Egg roll was held Monday on the South Lawn, the first such event since the pandemic, and there was even a Hunter Biden sighting, as the controversial first son was on hand with his wife and 2-year-old son. But the story of the day appeared to center on the commander in chief of the world’s greatest military being directed by the Easter Bunny.
President Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, hosted the egg roll and the president can be seen in footage standing alone near a barrier chatting with some people — some reports suggest that he was talking to a reporter — when a person in an Easter Bunny costume comes up to pull him away, as seen here:
Why is the Easter Bunny directing the President of the United States 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 pic.twitter.com/9bgXQJ6EXW
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) April 18, 2022
A closer shot reveals that Biden was in the middle of talking about something involving Pakistan and Afghanistan when he was suddenly interrupted.
Biden was incoherently mumbling about Afghanistan… so now we know why the Bunny ran over to interrupt… pic.twitter.com/FthqFIgvHQ
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) April 18, 2022
Turns out, there wasn’t just some random person underneath all that rabbit fur, which would seem to make the story a little better – perhaps. Apparently, Meghan Hays, the White House Director of Message Planning was playing the Easter Bunny, so that explains a lot.
However, it does nothing for the terrible optics impacting a president who just saw the worst approval ratings for any president ever at this point of his presidency.
It looks like Meghan Hays, the WH director of “message planning,” was the bunny who interrupted POTUS’ comments on Afghanistan.
Clearly Biden’s message was not planned 🥴 https://t.co/TZEgItIht2
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) April 18, 2022
Here’s a quick sampling of some of the responses to the story from Twitter:
The Easter Bunny is running the White House
— Thirteen O’Clock – Todd (@o_thirteen) April 18, 2022
Imagine the nuclear meltdown from the press if someone from our team did this to block @GovRonDeSantis from talking to journalists
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 18, 2022
Can you imagine what DJT would have done if Sean Spicer had done that to him? Lol
— Jason Osborne (@_JasonOsborne) April 18, 2022
“Send in the Easter bunny” pic.twitter.com/tchAKzSQAN
— LeeinDC (@LeeInDc) April 18, 2022
The Easter Bunny works for Child Protective Services apparently.
— tarksmarks44 (@tarksmarks44) April 18, 2022
A sweet way to retrieve grandpa.
— Howard Steele (@HowardSteele5) April 18, 2022
Explains a lot. #ElderAbuse #CognitiveDecline pic.twitter.com/IBvYZc4E95
— J.R.S (@Johnathan_RS_) April 18, 2022
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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