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Why Doesn’t President Biden Hold Press Conferences?
He’s running for reelection, so why doesn’t his team want him in front of the press?
As we all know, despite public sentiment towards the idea Joe Biden has decided he’s going to be running for reelection, looking to hold the office of the Presidency for four more years. I certainly count myself among the overwhelming majority of Americans who is definitely not looking forward to another seemingly inevitable rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. But in the midst of the early campaign process, I happened to notice an interesting CNN screenshot shared by Aaron Rupar on Twitter pointing out the number of press conferences given between the last four Presidents at this point in their tenure.
Joe Biden was dead last by a wide, wide margin.
Barack Obama held 54, George Bush 44, Donald Trump 41, and Joe Biden has held 24.
I don’t want to pretend as though it’s a bigger deal than it is, but at the very least it’s something to take note of if Biden wants to get reelected. It certainly makes me roll my eyes, and wonder why the Democratic Party is trusting him to take part in another grueling campaign in his eighties while they don’t even seem to like to put him in front of a camera. You would think that they would be putting him…
