Does Biden Know The Coming Days Are ‘Very Critical For Him?’: Karine Jean-Pierre Asked

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During Wednesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the importance of the next few days for President Biden.

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00:00But just to follow up on Kellio's question, do you think the President feels like these

00:03coming days are very critical for him, as he's, you know, you laid out all these events

00:08that he's going to be doing, are these events very important for him to show to the American

00:13people that he still has the ability to be the nominee?

00:17I would say that this moment is critical, regardless of the debate or not.

00:22We are living in an important moment right now.

00:25Everything is at stake.

00:27And I've got to be mindful, because this is all connected to what's happening in November.

00:31And I think any leader would say they always have to prove to themselves, you know, to

00:38their constituents, right?

00:40It is a day in and day out work.

00:43And yes, the President's going to have engagement, he's going to be out there speaking to the

00:48American people.

00:49Obviously, we mentioned Wisconsin, he's going to do an interview in Wisconsin as well.

00:53We talked about Pennsylvania.

00:55But the President was also out last week, Atlanta, North Carolina, New York, where he

01:00saw supporters.

01:01This is a President that has been consistently out there talking directly to the American

01:05people.

01:06He understands, as you all asked me about the economy, and what people are feeling,

01:11he understands that they have to hear directly from him.

01:14And he has to continue to do that, so that he can lay out his agenda.

01:18He can lay out what he wants to continue to do.

01:21It's always going to be part of, you know, the calculation, right, to continue to prove

01:26to the American people that he can continue to do the work and deliver on behalf of the

01:32American people.

01:33And Jeff had the staff meeting today.

01:36Can you just give us a rundown of really what he tried to get across?

01:39Is there a morale issue in the White House right now?

01:42It's a fair question.

01:43And I do have a couple of things I want to say.

01:44As you just said, the Chief of Staff, Jeff Zients, did have an all-staff call.

01:49He wanted to gather the team across the building and acknowledge what the President said himself,

01:54right, that the last few days have been challenging.

01:57We've been very, very clear in acknowledging that.

02:01But we have had an extraordinary record to be proud of, and we know we have more work

02:06to do.

02:07The President says that all the time.

02:08He conveyed the importance of executing on our mission.

02:12He talked about the importance of coming together as a team and also having each other's backs.

02:17And so, look, he also said, which I think was really important, and I think every staff

02:21wants to hear that the Chief of Staff door is open and is open to hearing directly from

02:27them any questions or any concerns.

02:30And you know, I think that's what you do as a leader.

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