White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed criticism over her boss’s abrupt departure from a ceremony in which he presented the prestigious Medal of Honor to an elderly Vietnam War veteran.
President Joe Biden’s latest senior moment took place during a Tuesday event in the White House East Room where retired Army Capt. Larry Taylor was being honored for his wartime heroism, shucking his COVID mask for the event and heading for the exit before the ceremony had officially concluded.
On Wednesday, Biden’s top spox came up with another one of her typically ridiculous excuses for Biden, claiming that the early exit had been planned and that the octogenarian leader didn’t want to risk exposing anyone in the room to the virus.
(Video: Fox News)
“The president took off his mask, as I said he would, to deliver incredibly powerful remarks about this captain, Captain Taylor and what he did in service to our nation and he wanted to honor the captain and for a brief time afterwards he also didn’t have his mask on as you just laid out,” she said in response to a reporter’s question.
“And he left, as planned, as it was planned, he left when there was a pause in the program in order to minimize, to minimize, his close contact with attendees who were about to participate in the reception,’ Jean-Pierre added. “You all reported that and noticed that he left when there was a pause in the program because again, he wanted to minimize certainly his impact on folks who were there.”
Biden was told that he had to mask up after multiple-jabbed first lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID, but her husband has already been a repeat violator of his administration’s own rules, even joking about it during his own Q&A with the press.
BIDEN: “They keep telling me…I gotta keep wearing [a mask], but don’t tell them I didn’t have it on when I walked in” pic.twitter.com/MQt9H80OLT
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 6, 2023
The narcissistic spinmeister’s excuse didn’t convince X users who took to the platform formerly known as Twitter with their takes.
Biden was in close contact with people while maskless for the entire ceremony to that point. The way this press secretary continues to insult the intelligence of anyone above a 50 IQ is breathtaking. https://t.co/Iiguahnbdh
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) September 6, 2023
Her willingness to lie is unmatched. Perfect press secretary for this administration.
Kudos to them, they sure picked the right candidates for their needs.
— Brendo (@BDawgRuss) September 6, 2023
They just lie so freely. Their first instinct is to lie.
— PatriotDad_Defiant! (@SomeDadIKnow) September 7, 2023
He walked through a crowd of people. How does that “minimize his close contact with attendees,” @PressSec? https://t.co/QjXeUqzoLw
— Chris Woodward (@ReporterChrisW) September 6, 2023
“It’s true the emperor wore no clothing, but that was planned to preserve precious water resources on laundry day.”
— Ryan Darby (@ryantdarby) September 6, 2023
If this was planned, they should have at least notified the Veteran receiving the award in advance. The look on his face was either of shock or disappointment. Truly disgraceful.
— ShelleyG (@zamgirl1) September 6, 2023
If they had a dollar for every time they lied the national debt would vanish.
— Dre (@dre_band0) September 6, 2023
BS
— Carole B. Smith (@smith_bahn) September 6, 2023
“And I also would — would want to add is: Before the — the event started, the president spent a good amount of time with the captain — Captain Taylor — and his family. And everybody was masked because he wanted to spend that quality, important time hearing from this hero, hearing his stories, and really thanking him one one-on-one — also with his family around him,” Jean-Pierre added. “And so, the president, in every way that we could, yesterday, followed the CDC guidelines. And, again, he had — yes, he had his — his mask off briefly. And then when — when there was a pause, he walked out.”
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