KJP Confronted About Going On 'The View' Before Holding Press Briefing After Biden’s Exit

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During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about President Biden’s relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris.

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00:00I have two questions, one on the Vice President

00:02and then one on the President's decision.

00:05First, it's clear that President Biden

00:07and Vice President Harris have met regularly,

00:09including their standing lunches

00:11from the outset of the administration.

00:13But I'm wondering now, since he made his decision,

00:16if there are any plans to increase

00:18the cadence of those interactions

00:19or if he plans to include her

00:21in more of his policymaking processes?

00:23How will that relationship and that involvement change?

00:25So, what I can say is the President

00:27and the Vice President speak regularly.

00:29They see each other regularly.

00:30You named some ways of how they've been able to do that,

00:33to stay in touch and see each other in person.

00:37The President is committed to being President

00:40and leading this country forward

00:43in the way that he believes that Americans

00:45want to see this country moving forward.

00:47And the Vice President's going to continue

00:49to be a critical partner.

00:50Nothing's going to change in that.

00:53But they're going to continue to engage, interact,

00:57and have important conversations

00:58as it relates to policies and moving forward.

01:02That's not going to stop.

01:03And I'll just leave it there.

01:06And on the timing of his decision,

01:07it's now been widely reported that when Senator Chuck Schumer

01:11went to visit with the President in Rehoboth a week ago,

01:15Saturday, that President Biden said,

01:18I need another week.

01:20What did he need another week for?

01:21So, I'll say this.

01:23They had a very good conversation,

01:26the President and Senator Schumer.

01:28And I'm not going to go into their private conversation.

01:34I'm not going to go into particulars.

01:35But it was a good conversation.

01:37The Press But you said it was a very short timeframe

01:39in which the President was advised and made his decision.

01:42Ms. Jean-Pierre When he started thinking about it

01:43and making that decision, it started Saturday evening.

01:47And on Sunday afternoon, he made his decision.

01:49The Press But it sounds like he was presented

01:50with data a week prior.

01:52Ms. Jean-Pierre I'm just not going to get into specifics.

01:55It started Saturday evening.

01:57The next afternoon, which was Sunday afternoon,

02:00he made that decision.

02:01A small group of advisors, including family,

02:04was with him on Saturday night.

02:07And then Sunday afternoon, he made the decision.

02:10That's how it happened.

02:12That's how he came to announcing it.

02:16The Press And on the messaging to us, to the press corps,

02:19it's been nine days since there's been a briefing.

02:21The President obviously published his letter

02:22officially on Sunday, withdrawing from the race.

02:26Why go on television to make your first comments

02:30about that decision rather than make it official?

02:32Ms. Jean-Pierre No, I appreciate that.

02:33We've always had a protocol here.

02:34When the President's not here, we don't do a briefing.

02:37That's just the way that we've always ha-

02:39it's always happened.

02:40The interview that I did yesterday

02:42was on the books for about two, three weeks.

02:44It was way before,

02:46way before the President made his decision.

02:48That's it.

KJP Confronted About Going On 'The View' Before Holding Press Briefing After Biden’s Exit

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