According to an Axios report, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden was livid after the Biden Administration failed to end a news conference in 2022 that ran two hours in which Joe made several gaffes.
Axios obtained excerpts from American Woman — a book about modern first ladies by the N.Y. Times’ Katie Rogers, out Feb. 27.
From Axios:
It was Jan 19, 2022. President Biden and top aides were gathered in the Treaty Room, the president’s study in the executive residence, after a press conference that ran nearly two hours. He made several factual errors.
- Suddenly, the group saw Jill Biden in the doorway, Rogers writes in “American Woman“:
- “She had watched the news conference, and the look on her face told everyone in the room — from the president on down — that they had some explaining to do.”
- “Why didn’t anyone stop that?” she demanded.
Behind the scenes: “This dressing down … illustrated the degree to which she is her husband’s fiercest protector,” Rogers continues:
“Everyone stayed silent, looking at one another, and then at her, and back to one another. That included the most powerful man in the world. Her husband essentially played along, not offering an answer, even though aides had slipped him a card suggesting he end the press conference.”“Where were you guys?” the first lady asked the aides. “Where was the person who was going to end the press conference?”
Full report over at Axios:
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