Karine Jean-Pierre Previews President Biden’s Major Address Following Decision To End 2024 Bid

2 months ago

During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about President Biden’s upcoming speech about his decision to exit the 2024 race.

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00:00Thank you very much.

00:01Karine, you were saying how difficult was this decision

00:04for President Biden.

00:06What is his mood since he took this decision?

00:10And what will be the tone of the address tonight?

00:14Also, what did he decide to do from the Oval Office?

00:18I wonder if he's going to do a campaigning from —

00:20So, a couple of things.

00:21Look, I saw the President not too long ago,

00:24a couple hours ago.

00:25He's determined.

00:26He's in good spirits.

00:28He wants to speak directly to the American people tonight.

00:31That is his focus.

00:33He is doing it from the Oval Office

00:35because, as many of you all reported,

00:37and we agree with all of you, this is an important moment.

00:40This is a historic moment.

00:42And this decision was a big decision,

00:45was an important decision.

00:47And Oval Offices are used for moments that —

00:52I would say moments like these that are historic.

00:54So, he wants to do it from the Oval.

00:56He's going to do it in prime time.

00:57He's going to speak directly to the American people.

00:59I would say, again, tune in.

01:01You'll hear what he has to say.

01:04And I think it's going to be important.

01:07I think it's going to be important.

01:08Can you expect that he's going to ask people

01:11to vote for Harris from the Oval?

01:13Or do you expect him to —

01:14It's going to be a speech, I believe,

01:18we believe, that is going to be important

01:22for the American people to hear directly from this President

01:25in this moment, in this historic moment.

01:28And I'm not going to get into details, get into specifics.

01:32I've said this many times from here.

01:34I'm not going to get ahead of the President.

01:36This is an — his opportunity,

01:37his opportunity for — to explain that decision

01:42and for the American people to listen in.

01:45So, I know I got to go. Go ahead.

01:47Thanks so much, Queen. Can you give us any more color

01:49about the preparation for the speech?

01:51Who's been helping the President write it?

01:53He's been sounding — you know,

01:55using anybody as a sounding board?

01:58I'm not going to go into details.

02:01Obviously, this is the President —

02:02is a speech that the President is very deeply involved in.

02:07You don't use the Oval Office often.

02:11You use it for incredibly important moments.

02:17And that's what you're going to hear tonight.

02:20I'm just not going to get into specifics

02:22as to how the President is preparing.

02:25I will say this.

02:26Obviously, his senior advisors are always heavily involved.

02:30And this is a President that's taking this very seriously,

02:34very focused, like he does with any other speech.

02:38And so, tune in. Tune in.

Karine Jean-Pierre Previews President Biden’s Major Address Following Decision To End 2024 Bid

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