http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/08/26/president-biden-takes-questions-from-reporters-calls-on-the-first-person-i-was-instructed-to-call-on/
President Biden, as usual, was late for his 5 p.m. speech in which he called those American service members killed in Afghanistan today heroes and vowed to hunt down those who carried out the attack and make them pay. He also sounded like he’d just awakened from his nap.
Jacqui Heinrich ~ POTUS: "To those who carried out attack and to anyone who wishes Americans harm: we will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you down and make you pay."
Mark Davis ~ Whoever wrote that tough-guy line for #Biden did not calculate how pathetically sad it would be to have it delivered by this doddering shell of a President.
Dana Loesch ~ He’s going to hunt down and make pay whoever did this but hey that deadline is still in effect.
jimtreacher.substack.com ~ Okay, so we're pulling out of Afghanistan AND we're going to strike back at the people who did this? How the fuck does that work?
Stephen L. Miller ~ Old. Tired. Defeated.
Benny ~ Did Biden just wake up?
Dana Loesch ~ That wasn’t a moment of silence, it was a nap.
Dana Loesch ~ I’ve held off ever saying this but Biden sounds weak, tired, and sick. Holy hell.
Emily Zanotti ~ This is disgraceful. Biden is barely awake. He seems either detached or totally disinterested.
cdrsalamander ~ 20-min late.
I spent 9-yrs of my 21 yrs on active duty on General and Flag Officer staffs, including personal staff.
No competent Chief of Staff would let this consistent lateness happen for such important events.
No competent principal would condone such poor staff support.
Matt Whitlock ~ If Biden was serious about "we won't forgive and we won't forget" he'd stop withdrawing troops before we get Americans and allies out.
cdrsalamander ~ They have won. We are retreating.
Dan Gainor ~ Biden: What more do they need to get the job done?
America: A new president.
For a change, this new tough-guy president we’re seeing took questions from reporters, checking his notes to see who was “the first person I was instructed to call on.”
Townhall.com ~ Joe Biden says that he "was instructed to call on" specific reporters for questions.
Who is calling the shots here?
http://twitter.com/i/status/1431008329980071936
Stephen L. Miller ~ "They gave me a list here. The first person I was instructed to call on ..."
Amazing. And everyone goes along with this.
Joe Concha ~ To start the press conference: “They gave me a list here. The first person I was instructed to call on is ..."
Who's they? Why even share you're being instructed by your handlers? It looks weak.
It doesn't just look weak - it IS weak!
Joel Pollak ~ "The first person I was instructed to call on ..."
@JoeBiden is taking orders -- from someone -- on whom to select in the press pool.
Who's calling the shots for bigger decisions?
Jenna Ellis ~ “The first person I was instructed to call on ...”
This is the leader of the free world?
Is Biden afraid he’s going to get in trouble again if he calls on the wrong reporter?
Kurt Schlichter ~ The first person I was instructed to call upon?
Who the hell is instructing this guy?
RBe ~ Who is actually running the executive branch of the United States?
Who is instructing him?
Stephen L. Miller ~ He is not in charge.
The first question to Joe Biden should be "Who is instructing you to call on which reporters."
Sean Davis ~ Who is actually in charge of the U.S. government right now? Because it sure as heck isn’t the sleepy dementia patient who has to be told which press corps court jesters he’s allowed to call on.
Mike Gonzalez ~ That @AP question was ridiculous. 1st he praised Biden for speaking "forcefully"--an experience nobody else in the country had. Then he asked "why even stay one more day?" which goes to Biden's desire to do the Taliban's bidding and leave now. Because we have Americans there, AP.
Tammy Bruce ~ And that’s why Biden was “instructed” to call upon him. This is dystopia theatre ...
Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio ~ I’ve never had less confidence in a leader than I do now with Joe Biden.
And given the many crises that his admin and left-wing media outlets pretend aren’t happening ... that’s saying a lot.
Ben Shapiro ~ Joe Biden is not capable. He is not competent.
Problem is ... there isn't ANYONE in his administration who is competent.
Joel Pollak ~ @JoeBiden is the face of defeat.
Mike Glenn ~ This is a bad speech. The President does not sound fully engaged. I don't see how even his most ardent supporters could say otherwise.
Benny ~ We do not have a President of the United States of America.
And this is why he doesn’t take questions.
Update:
That’s all, folks:
Matt Viser ~ “I have another meeting,” President Biden says of why he’s not taking more questions. “For real."
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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