{"id":1833307,"date":"2023-02-02T17:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833307"},"modified":"2023-02-02T17:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:50:22","slug":"watch-ron-klains-farewell-speech-dissolves-into-tears-over-a-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ron-klains-farewell-speech-dissolves-into-tears-over-a-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Ron Klain\u2019s Farewell Speech Dissolves Into Tears \u2014 Over A Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-ron-klains-farewell-speech-dissolves-into-tears-over-a-rock%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833307&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-klain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Klain<\/a> As he said goodbye, he had a small rock to cry on. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> Chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>Klain choked up during a Wednesday event in the East Room. \u201cbest job\u201d Standing next to his boss, he had the best job he&#8217;s ever had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>. Klain became emotional during his remarks and, towards the end, held a small souvenir stone in his hand and cried about its significance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis plain and simple rock was given to me a year ago on one of our darker days \u2014 by Louisa Terrell,\u201d\u00a0Klain, referring the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/west-wing-playbook\/2023\/02\/01\/bidens-art-of-the-deal-00080624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head of White House Legislative Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ron Klain sobs when he remembers that a White House staffer gave him a rock:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always symbolized to me\u2026 that this team has been rock solid.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dfi84a6O1g\">pic.twitter.com\/Dfi84a6O1g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithOAN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AddisonSmithOAN\/status\/1621174101196029952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s always symbolized to me the fact that this team has been rock solid in their support of our agenda and the president,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve never wavered. We\u2019ve been as solid as a rock. And so I ask you today to continue to play that role. I ask each and every one of you to continue your jobs as the rock of this White House, this administration, and this presidency. That\u2019s our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klain then introduced his successor as chief of staff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-eyes-wealthy-covid-czar-to-take-over-as-chief-of-staff-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Zients<\/a>, before giving Biden a hug while those in attendance applauded.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the event, the president introduced Klain by sharing how they have been working together for decades, stretching back to when Biden was a senator.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happening Now: President Biden hosts an official transition event to thank Chief of Staff Ron Klain for his tireless work and officially welcome Jeff Zients back to the White House in this role. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NJeCzPJ5T8\">https:\/\/t.co\/NJeCzPJ5T8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1620912102541070336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew the moment he started, he was a once-in-a-generation talent. And that\u2019s not hyperbole,\u201d Biden said. \u201cHe\u2019s a fiercely brilliant intellect. And again, those of you who work with him know it to be true. And just as important, he has a heart as big as his head,\u201d he added, prompting a round of laughter.<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, Klain expressed effusive praise for Biden and touted a number of accomplishments. \u201cI learned everything I know about how to be a good father from Joe Biden,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s the best father I know and the best role model I know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Klain had a small boulder to cry on as he delivered a farewell address marking his exit as White House chief of staff. At an event Wednesday in the East Room, Klain choked up as he talked about the \u201cbest job\u201d he ever had, standing next to his boss President Joe Biden. Klain got &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1833310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6192,17446,9717,17447,3618,3730,8679,4554,4516],"class_list":["post-1833307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-tears","tag-dissolves","tag-farewell","tag-klains","tag-riot","tag-rock","tag-ron","tag-speech","tag-watch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1833310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}