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TexasTowelie

(118,351 posts) Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:09 PM Mar 2021

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Biden press secretary defends president's trips to Delaware home

Home is where the heart is — and for President Joe Biden that's apparently both the White House and Delaware.

In the month and a half since becoming the country's commander in chief, Biden has traveled to Wilmington two times and spent a weekend at Camp David in Maryland.

When a reporter asked about these trips, press secretary Jen Psaki defended his decision to return to Delaware. It also sparked stories in at least two right-leaning news outlets.

"The president lives in Wilmington. It's his home," Psaki said. "That's where he's lived for many, many years."

Read more: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/joe-biden/2021/03/05/biden-white-house-and-delaware/4592164001/

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Biden press secretary defends president's trips to Delaware home (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

Is he playing golf there? MaryMagdaline Mar 2021 #1

🙄. Seriously? That needs defending? Sad. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #2

One of em gave an "isn't travel during a pandemic setting a bad example" question soothsayer Mar 2021 #3

Can't the POTUS go wherever he wants when he wants? NoMoreRepugs Mar 2021 #4

Call it the Eastern White House Walleye Mar 2021 #5

Bush went home to Texas every weekend for years. Don't know patricia92243 Mar 2021 #6

This from the same group of journalists Metaphorical Mar 2021 #7

Someone should get the numbers of times Trump left the WH to go to OnDoutside Mar 2021 #8

MaryMagdaline

(7,931 posts)

1. Is he playing golf there?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:12 PM

Mar 2021

Or fomenting insurrection?

LakeArenal

(29,913 posts)

2. 🙄. Seriously? That needs defending? Sad.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:13 PM

Mar 2021

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

3. One of em gave an "isn't travel during a pandemic setting a bad example" question

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:20 PM

Mar 2021

Psaki was like, you know he’s on AF1, right?

NoMoreRepugs

(10,842 posts)

4. Can't the POTUS go wherever he wants when he wants?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:21 PM

Mar 2021

Walleye

(37,181 posts)

5. Call it the Eastern White House

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 11:24 PM

Mar 2021

patricia92243

(12,898 posts)

6. Bush went home to Texas every weekend for years. Don't know

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 12:24 AM

Mar 2021

how often the other guy went to NY or Florida - not counting the golf trips.

Metaphorical

(2,359 posts)

7. This from the same group of journalists

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 12:24 AM

Mar 2021

who saw nothing wrong with Trump flying to Florida to play golf every weekend, and frequently during the week as well.

OnDoutside

(20,678 posts)

8. Someone should get the numbers of times Trump left the WH to go to

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 04:12 AM

Mar 2021

Trump Tower (where the Secret Service had to rent space for 4 years, Bedminster, Doral, Maralago etc.

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