President Biden’s team on Thursday quickly removed the press when he said he would take questions at an event in Saginaw, Michigan, and social media users blasted the “incredible scene.”
Biden visited Saginaw on Thursday to push his re-election campaign and speak to volunteers supporting his bid to retain the White House. The trip included a visit to a 131-year-old Victorian mansion owned by members of the Saginaw City Council and Saginaw Public Schools Board of Education.
At the mansion, Biden stood on the porch with his back to members of the press when he could be heard saying, “Can I take a couple questions?”
A woman in a Biden-Harris jacket said, “We’re going to take a few questions,” whereupon staff immediately started putting their arms up and walking toward the press gaggle, loudly repeating, “Thank you, press, back to the cars.”
A video of the moment was posted on X, and a swarm of comments blasting Biden’s team followed.
Contributing Editor at The Spectator Stephen L. Miller reacted, calling it an “amazing clip.”
“‘We’re going to take a few questions,'” Miller said. “Not in front of the journalists… back to the cars guys,” Miller said.
"We're going to take a few questions."
Not in front of the journalists.. back to the cars guys
Amazing clip. https://t.co/XOkSXjWgmp
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 14, 2024
“The moment Biden suggests taking a few questions, his handlers come flying in like Secret Service agents taking a bullet, yelling at the press to get back in their cars,” Bonchie, a writer for the conservative blog Red State, said. “What an incredible scene.”
