Where’s Joe?
For the third day in a row, Biden has a grand total of zero events on his public schedule.
Biden has held just two public events in the past 19 days:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2024
DEC. 23: Left for vacation at Camp David
DEC. 24: Vacation at Camp David
DEC. 25: Vacation at Camp David
DEC. 26: Returned from vacation at Camp David
DEC. 27: Left for vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands
DEC. 28:… https://t.co/G2eLjqBOM3
Biden’s schedule has looked more like a retiree than a commander-in-chief since he returned from his multiple Christmas vacations — not that it was ever particularly grueling.
In the past 20 days, Biden has held just two events: a pair of angry speeches. He also made a brief appearance at a funeral visitation and spent time in transit from his various vacation destinations.
Much of Biden’s past three weeks, however, has simply been spent doing nothing — going days without making a public appearance and calling mid-afternoon lids.
It’s not like Biden is using that time to speak with Americans; his last sit-down interview with a news journalist was on October 15, 2023 — 88 days ago. His last solo press conference on U.S. soil was on November 15, 2023 — 57 days ago.
And it’s not like Biden is particularly attuned to his own administration; he wasn’t even told about the incapacitation of his own defense secretary for three days.
So, what has Biden been doing? Does he require days of practice to deliver a half-hour speech? Does he need a multi-day cooldown after doing a single event?
He certainly hasn’t been “working around the clock,” as Karine Jean-Pierre claimed.
Americans will send Biden on a forced retirement in November.
