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Biden Warns GOP: Republicans Have to Decide if They Want to Work Together or ‘Continue the Politics of Division’
President Joe Biden wasted no time in his first press conference drawing a line in the sand, responding to his first question by saying the GOP is going to have to decide if they want to work with him, and making clear he will accomplish his goals regardless of what they decide to do.
President Biden on bipartisanship: “I think my Republican colleagues are going to have to determine whether or not we want to work together or … continue the politics of division.”
He adds: “I was hired to solve problems, not create division.” pic.twitter.com/dPpI2DUKfg
— The Recount (@therecount) March 25, 2021
“I’ve been hired to solve problems, to solve problems, not create divisions,” Biden told reporters.
“I’ve been hired to solve problems, not create division,” Biden says at 1st press conference.
Asked if his presidency can be a success without progress on climate change, immigration reform, gun control: “I plan on making progress on all of them.” pic.twitter.com/0cAlXN7Ea2
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 25, 2021
Fox News’s Kayleigh McEnany and other “Fox & Friends” co-hosts Thursday morning claimed President Biden would refuse to answer questions, and would just dodge and pivot. They claimed he was in hiding because White House aides “don’t want to show how badly he is declining.”
He did anything but hide, refuse to answer questions, dodge, or pivot away.
Halfway into answering his second question, PBS News’ Yamiche Alcindor interrupted him because he was going so far into detail.
“Am I giving you too long an answer? … Maybe I’ll stop there,” says Biden, who is on the 2nd questioner, 12 minutes in at his press conference. pic.twitter.com/3BzfO8klFI
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 25, 2021
Biden gets into some of the complexities surrounding immigration and the border, then asks @Yamiche, “am I giving you too long an answer? … I don’t know how much detail you want about immigration.” pic.twitter.com/vmKCzt6uOn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 25, 2021
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