‘Will Not Be The Norm’: Reporter Grills Karine Jean-Pierre On Biden’s Recent Lack Of Public Events

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During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about meetings between Vice President Kamala Harris & President Biden.

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00:00I know you typically don't discuss the lunches

00:02between the President and the Vice President,

00:03but since we're kind of in a unique time,

00:05do you have any sort of details or color

00:07or what the President planned to talk about with her?

00:09So, again, I just want to be — and I — you're right,

00:12we are in a different time, and I get the question.

00:14Always are very respectful of the President

00:17and the Vice President's private conversations.

00:20And obviously, they do regularly meet.

00:23And whether it's for a lunch or meetings

00:26about the national security, and they do that regularly,

00:29whether even White House events and just many — much more.

00:33They have, say, stayed in touch regularly

00:35over the past couple weeks,

00:36but they — couple days, couple weeks,

00:38but they do that normally as well.

00:40So it's nothing new there.

00:42But I don't want to get into their private discussion.

00:46As you know, the President is incredibly proud

00:48of the Vice President and what she has been able

00:50to accomplish, their partnership together,

00:54and is going to continue to support her.

00:57And I know you've said that we would continue

00:58to see President Biden at work, on the job,

01:00but he's had a lot of things on his calendar

01:02just today that were all closed press.

01:04Some of them seem like things we would have seen,

01:07at least at the top of the meeting.

01:09So is that going to be the standard operating procedure?

01:12No, it's not. You'll — you're going to —

01:13I can tell you right now, you can expect to see from him

01:16and hear him tomorrow, the President —

01:18or later this week, I should say, to be more specific.

01:20But tomorrow is already Thursday.

01:22But you'll hear from him later this week.

01:24I promise you that.

01:26Look, every event is —

01:30we assess it differently as it relates to press access.

01:34To Secretary Vilsack, we brought him to the podium

01:36because we wanted to make sure you heard

01:38directly from him on their conversation.

01:40They met, obviously, this morning

01:42to talk about this new announcement

01:44as it relates to the Inflation Reduction Act.

01:47And he's going to continue to get briefings all day.

01:50I talked about the fentanyl announcement.

01:51But it will not be the norm. It will not.

01:55You will hear from the President later this week.

01:57And he definitely wants to continue to have —

02:01to make sure you have access.

02:03He had a, you know, a little bit of a press conference,

02:06if you will, at 115 in the morning the other day.

02:09And so he certainly wants to continue to take your questions

02:11and see all of you. And so that's not going to stop.

02:14What is being done later this week?

02:15So I don't have anything to share at this time,

02:18but certainly we will, as you all know,

02:20when we lock things in, we certainly will share that.

02:24But you will see him.

02:25You will see and hear from him for sure later this week.

‘Will Not Be The Norm’: Reporter Grills Karine Jean-Pierre On Biden’s Recent Lack Of Public Events

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