Who will make the decisions once President Joe Biden goes to bed? That was the burning question Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy posed to the White House on Tuesday.
Last week, Biden told Democratic governors: He plans to stop working after 8 p.m. So that I can go to bed early.
“He has a team that keeps him informed of news that is relevant and important to the American people.”
Biden’s remarks The preparation schedule for the debate has been releasedHe didn’t start preparing until 11 a.m., and his staff always scheduled afternoon naps. In addition, Biden has a late start to work and few evening events scheduled. There is a history of missing persons Nighttime meetings while traveling abroad.
During a White House press conference, Doocy asked a natural question about Biden’s schedule. Much less robust Something his predecessors had maintained.
“Let’s say the Pentagon detects an incoming nuclear bomb. It’s 11 p.m.. Who do you call? The First Lady?” Doocy asked.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre could have answered this question in a variety of ways. One might have expected her to say that in a crisis like this, staff would wake the president so he could fulfill his constitutional duties as commander in chief.
But she didn’t choose that path.
“He has a team that gives him news that is relevant and important to the American people,” she responded. “He has people, as determined by the National Security Council, that decide who gives him that news.”
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Doocy said he believes former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ill.) Revealed this week He attended a White House meeting where she was, which, of course, is highly unusual.
At a subsequent briefing, Doucy asked Jean-Pierre whether Madame Gilles had been present at those meetings, but Jean-Pierre denied that she had made any decisions on her husband’s behalf.
It is notable, however, that Jean-Pierre did not dispute McCarthy’s assertion that Gilles was present at the Oval Office meeting.
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