October 9, 2023 | Rapid Response | RNC Communications
Defense

Where Are Biden, Harris?

Rapid Response

Joe Biden is, once again, missing in action.

Amid unprecedented attacks on Israel, and multiple crises at home, Biden has been an absentee president:

  • On Saturday, Biden said he awoke at “7:30, 8:00” in the morning and began making calls — eight hours after the attacks began. He then spoke publicly for just two minutes and 55 seconds before shuffling away without taking questions — and remaining largely out-of-sight ever since.
  • Yesterday, Biden called a mid-morning “lid” before hosting a private backyard BBQ with a live band, but was not seen in public.
  • Today, Biden declared a “lid” before noon for the second day in a row and has nothing on his public schedule. There are no scheduled briefings from Biden administration officials.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has not appeared in public since Friday evening.

Perhaps the Biden administration is avoiding accountability for their disastrous decision to unlock $6 billion for the Iranian regime — which they knew “could boost the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas,” according to The Washington Free Beacon, but did it anyway.

Or perhaps they are avoiding questions over Rob Malley, Biden’s handpicked choice for special envoy to Iran who is under investigation for mishandling classified documents and his alleged involvement in an Iran-backed spy campaign.

Either way, it’s another massive foreign policy blunder for Biden — whose incompetence is second only to his arrogance.