Joe's Staff Shuts Him Down Again
For the second time this week: President Biden on Thursday was heard asking for permission from a staffer to “take a couple of questions” from the audience during a campaign stop in Michigan — prompting other aides to quickly move the press out of earshot. “Can I take a couple questions?” Biden, 81, asked a female staffer as he met with supporters and campaign volunteers on the front porch of a Saginaw city council member’s home. “Yeah, we’re going to take a few questions,” the staffer responded. The staffer’s response apparently served as a signal to three other aides, who quickly began to herd up the reporters already positioned on the sidewalk about 20 feet away. “Thank you, press … back in the vehicles,” they shouted, escorting the media away before Biden could take any questions. It looks like the Post reporter saw the same possibility I entertained on Tuesday , that if Joe "asks for permission to take questions", he's really saying it's time t...