Republican strategist Scott Jennings confirmed the facts Tuesday by a CNN panel complaining about changes to the selection of White House pool members.
The White House announced on Tuesday that the White House Correspondents Association will no longer direct the composition of the press pool. “CNN Newsnight” host Abby Phillip and former Democratic National Committee communications director Xochitl Hinojosa cut the change after comparing it to “early times of Putin’s reign.” (Related: “It’s called having a boss”: Scott Jennings reminds panelists that federal workers are working for Trump)
“Now, can you deal with this dictatorial business? I’m going to quote from some statistics –” Jennings asked Lt. Col. Jeff Duncan, a former Republican in Georgia, “Which, Zelensky?” I said it before.
“Our old friend – our old friend Chris Chiliza, who calculated that the president asked 1009 questions in the first month of the Trump administration. Almost dictatorial behavior. Same statistics from Joe Biden: 141,” Jennings said. I said. “And it reminds me that in 2023, the Biden administration revoked hard passes for 442 journalists. And at the time, the White House Correspondents Association took a “non-committal stance.” So, if you’re worried about transparency, Trump is far more transparent than his recent administration. ”
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Biden administration announcement In May 2023, there was a new rule to grant “hard passes” to media outlets, and the crackdown was made into a press pass to 442 journalists. During his administration, Joe Biden held it few This is the press conference he has had for the first time since Ronald Reagan.
Wall Street Journal article An aide from the White House, which was released on December 19, made up for “insulation” Biden after a similar few months as his health deteriorated, even from cabinet members. article Published At the beginning of the year, some media was generated by the outlet.
Questions have also been raised about the White House’s truth about Biden’s health. Many times, Biden claimed he spoke with former German Prime Minister Helmut Cole, who died in 2017, and French President François Mitterland, who died twice in February in 1996. He said he spoke. (Click here to see the daily sender’s documentary “Cleanup Kamala”)
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