{"id":946998,"date":"2021-10-31T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T00:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946998"},"modified":"2021-10-31T20:59:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T00:59:44","slug":"biden-gives-puzzling-answer-as-to-why-he-was-late-to-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gives-puzzling-answer-as-to-why-he-was-late-to-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Gives Puzzling Answer As To Why He Was Late To Press Conference"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-gives-puzzling-answer-as-to-why-he-was-late-to-press-conference%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=946998&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--><p>President Joe Biden apologized for showing up late to his press conference in Rome on Sunday following a two-day meeting with world leaders about climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI apologize for keeping you waiting. We were playing with elevators,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/10\/31\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-global-summit-on-supply-chain-resilience\/\">claimed<\/a>. \u201cLong story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it came time to take questions, Biden said that he was told who to call on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now I\u2019m happy to take some questions, and I\u2019m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller,\u201d Biden said. \u201cZeke, you have a question?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden calls on reporter from pre-approved list: \u201cI\u2019m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n7K2QtBdnq\">pic.twitter.com\/n7K2QtBdnq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1454894728265322496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) flagged a clip where Biden appeared to momentarily struggle to remember \u201cChina\u201d while he was talking about the event in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened during the following exchange [<strong>emphasis added<\/strong>]:<\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: Thank you, Mr. President. A question on climate and energy. Can the world and others be confident that you will be able to follow or do \u2014 make good on the promises on climate change that you will \u2014 that you have made, when you\u2019re at Glasgow, without a vote having taken place on your bill?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And on the same topic, climate: Some NGOs are already saying that the G20 commitments today were underwhelming. How do you respond to their criticism that the G20 response is not a good sign for COP26?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BIDEN: I\u2019ll answer both questions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Number one, I believe we will pass my Build Back Better plan, and I believe we will pass the infrastructure bill. Combined, they have $900 billion in climate resistance \u2014 in dealing with climate and resilience. And it\u2019s the largest investment in the history of the world that\u2019s ever occurred, and it\u2019s going to pass, in my view. But we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You know, you\u2019ve all believed it wouldn\u2019t happen from the very beginning, the moment I announced it, and you always seem amazed when it\u2019s alive again. Well, you may turn out to be right; maybe it won\u2019t work. But I believe we\u2019ll see by the end of next week, at home, that it\u2019s passed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With regard to the \u2014 and, by the way, that infrastructure bill delivers an awful lot of things in terms of everything from tax credits for electric vehicles, to making sure we are able to invest, literally, billions of dollars in everything from highways, roads, bridges, public transit, airports, et cetera. But we\u2019ll see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And with<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden apologized for showing up late to his press conference in Rome on Sunday following a two-day meeting with world leaders about climate change.\u201cI apologize for keeping you waiting. We were playing with elevators,\u201d Biden claimed. \u201cLong story.\u201dWhen it came time to take questions, Biden said that he was told who to call on.\u201cAnd now I\u2019m happy to take some questions, and I\u2019m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller,\u201d Biden said. \u201cZeke, you have a question?\u201dWATCH:Joe Biden calls on reporter from pre-approved list: \u201cI\u2019m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/n7K2QtBdnq\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 31, 2021The Republican National Committee (RNC) flagged a clip where Biden appeared to momentarily struggle to remember \u201cChina\u201d while he was talking about the event in Rome.The incident happened during the following exchange [emphasis added]:REPORTER: Thank you, Mr. President. A question on climate and energy. Can the world and others be confident that you will be able to follow or do \u2014 make good on the promises on climate change that you will \u2014 that you have made, when you\u2019re at Glasgow, without a vote having taken place on your bill?And on the same topic, climate: Some NGOs are already saying that the G20 commitments today were underwhelming. How do you respond to their criticism that the G20 response is not a good sign for COP26?BIDEN: I\u2019ll answer both questions.Number one, I believe we will pass my Build Back Better plan, and I believe we will pass the infrastructure bill. Combined, they have $900 billion in climate resistance \u2014 in dealing with climate and resilience. And it\u2019s the largest investment in the history of the world that\u2019s ever occurred, and it\u2019s going to pass, in my view. But we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see.You know, you\u2019ve all believed it wouldn\u2019t happen from the very beginning, the moment I announced it, and you always seem amazed when it\u2019s alive again. Well, you may turn out to be right; maybe it won\u2019t work. But I believe we\u2019ll see by the end of next week, at home, that it\u2019s passed.With regard to the \u2014 and, by the way, that infrastructure bill delivers an awful lot of things in terms of everything from tax credits for electric vehicles, to making sure we are able to invest, literally, billions of dollars in everything from highways, roads, bridges, public transit, airports, et cetera. But we\u2019ll see.And with regard to the disappointment: The disappointment relates to the fact that Russia and \u2014 and \u2014 and including not only Russia, but China, basically didn\u2019t show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change.\u00a0And there\u2019s a reason why people should be disappointed in that. I found it disappointing myself.WATCH:WATCH. Joe Biden struggles to remember CHINA pic.twitter.com\/GD117lCuaD\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 31, 2021RNC Rapid Response Director Tommy Pigott called out Biden for taking only a few questions during the conference.\u201cThat was Biden\u2019s first press conference in 108 days, and he only took 8 questions from an even fewer number of reporters from a preapproved list,\u201d Pigott wrote on Twitter.That was Biden&#8217;s first press conference in 108 days, and he only took 8 questions from an even fewer number of reporters from a preapproved list.\u2014 Tommy Pigott (@TommyPigott) October 31, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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