The White House is finding ways for President Biden to frequently speak to the public directly in his first week in office as it seeks to show the new president is taking charge of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden’s remarks at two different events on Tuesday were the fifth and sixth times Biden has spoken at a public event since his inauguration, with most of those appearances focusing primarily on the pandemic. Biden has also taken questions from reporters at three events, a shift from the last months of the Trump administration when the former president largely cut himself off from the press and the public apart from a stream of tweets. ADVERTISEMENT “They knew they had to come in and almost flood the zone,” said one longtime Biden ally. “That means having the president out there constantly talking to the American people, but it also means being extremely disciplined and not going off script, even for a second.” Not going off script is the tougher part for Biden, who has been known to slip an aside or some commentary in photo ops and interviews. But allies also have noticed a marked change in his appearances: They’ve been gaffe-free and on message. On Monday,… Read full this story
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