President Biden referred to “cheat sheets” detailing key points of the policy and the identities of the journalists present when he conducted his presidency’s first formal press conference on Thursday.
Photos taken at the event showed Biden holding a card with the label “infrastructure”, with important statistics and talking points. One point noted that “China spends 3 times more on infrastructure than the US”
US President Joe Biden takes notes on infrastructure when speaking during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Biden’s first formal press conference is a high-risk test for a President faces doubts about two recent mass shootings, an increase in the number of migrant children on the southern border of the United States and the ongoing pandemic. Photographer: Oliver Contreras / Sipa / Bloomberg via Getty Images
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In another photo, Biden was seen consulting a sheet that appeared to show the photos and news outlets of journalists who participated in his press conference. Some of the photographed reporters had a number circled next to their images.
Only 25 reporters were allowed to attend the press conference. Biden answered a limited number of questions from a list of shortlisted reporters before leaving the podium. Fox News’s Peter Doocy was not among the reporters selected to ask questions.
President Joe Biden speaks during his presidency’s first formal press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 25, 2021. † (Photo by Oliver Contreras / Sipa USA) Not used Germany.
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Biden responded to questions related to the ongoing crisis on the southern border, his views on calls to end the obstruction and a number of other topics. The president said he plans to run for re-election in 2024.
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Critics of the Biden government have asked government officials to make Biden available to the press regularly. White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds daily briefings.
The use of note cards is not unheard of at press conferences. In November 2019, Trump held a notepad with handwritten instructions during a press conference on the testimony delivered at his first impeachment hearing.