{"id":665025,"date":"2021-08-20T09:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=665025"},"modified":"2021-08-20T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:20:40","slug":"bidens-comms-director-claims-the-president-never-shies-away-from-taking-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-comms-director-claims-the-president-never-shies-away-from-taking-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Comms Director Claims \u2018The President Never Shies Away From Taking Questions\u2019"},"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%2Fbidens-comms-director-claims-the-president-never-shies-away-from-taking-questions%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=665025&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-7.19.17-AM-e1629463416926.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House communications director Kate Bedingfield claimed Friday that President Joe Biden \u201cnever\u201d shied away from taking questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/26\/alisyn-camerota-kate-bedingfield-migrant-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bedingfield<\/a> made a brief appearance on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d and John Heilemann pressed her on the fact that, other than his sit-down interview with ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/19\/joe-biden-afghanistan-kabul-meghan-mccain-jen-psaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden<\/a> had not taken direct questions from the White House Press Corps about the chaotic situation still unfolding in Afghanistan.<strong> <a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/21\/kate-bedingfield-biden-wont-rule-out-denying-interviews-networks-lie\/\">(RELATED: Kate Bedingfield Won\u2019t Rule Out Denying Interviews To Networks That \u2018Lie\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heilemann began by asking about how the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/joe-biden-address-nation-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">president<\/a> planned to address the American citizens and Afghan allies who remained in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s the position of the White House going to be about what happens with those \u2014 many of them very courageous Afghans who have helped America in the course of the last 20 years there \u2014 about bringing them to America, taking them elsewhere, give us a sense how you think that debate is going to unfold,\u201d Heilemann said, suggesting that Republicans would likely block attempts to bring refugees into the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden is not thinking of any of this through the lens of politics. Right now he\u2019s thinking of getting these people who have helped us out of the country,\u201d Bedingfield replied, adding that there would be a thorough vetting process in place to handle that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a massive logistical undertaking but there\u2019s the full commitment from the president of the United States and the U.S. government to help as many people who have helped us over the last 20 years in Afghanistan as possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKate, before we let you go, will President Biden after his remarks today take questions? He\u2019s given a couple speeches, did the interview with ABC News, but the White House Press Corps and the American people have direct questions for him. Will he take those today?\u201d Heilemann pressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president never shies from taking questions, so I\u2019ll let it up to him whether he takes questions. He did a full sit-down interview on this, but he\u2019ll decide if he\u2019s going to take questions after his remarks today,\u201d Bedingfield said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been roundly criticized by people on both sides of the political aisle for failing to take questions after his Sunday remarks on the fall of Afghanistan and again after his address attacking Republican governors for opposing mask mandates and announcing a plan for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/joe-biden-administration-booster-shots-vaccinated-americans-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 booster shots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.2753623188406\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s amazing that the only person Biden has taken a question from in a week is Bill Clinton\u2019s communications director, and even that interview was a disaster<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentScher\/status\/1428429542872559624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1111111111111\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today would be a good day for President Biden to take questions on Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1428453982700294153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.983606557377\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden walks away from the podium after talking about vaccines and mask mandates for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Not a single question.<\/p>\n<p>No mention of the crisis in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Shameful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Achkeef5US\">pic.twitter.com\/Achkeef5US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1428096766616944651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Hill\u2019s Joe Concha argued that another failure to take questions after Friday\u2019s planned remarks could cement public perception on both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris \u2014 who also has not taken questions on the situation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.704545454545\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden and VP Harris will be in the East Room today. Biden to deliver remarks on Afghanistan. If both leave immediately without taking questions and call it a weekend at 2pm, there\u2019s no going back in reversing the public perception that they\u2019re in way over their heads. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6c4l6Sl4sY\">https:\/\/t.co\/6c4l6Sl4sY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeConchaTV\/status\/1428640702678831104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf both leave immediately without taking questions and call it a weekend at 2pm, there\u2019s no going back in reversing the public perception that they\u2019re in way over their heads,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House communications director Kate Bedingfield claimed Friday that President Joe Biden \u201cnever\u201d shied away from taking questions.Bedingfield made a brief appearance on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d and John Heilemann pressed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665025","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}