Yamiche Alexander on Biden's press conference

By artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:53pm |

Pres Biden, in the longest news conference in presidential history, made news, pushed back on critics, called out lies, took responsibility for mistakes he believes he made, expressed surprise at GOP, talked foreign policy and didn't lash out on reporters.

Quite the change.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

There is so much to say about Pres Biden's presser.

The thing that sticks w/ me is that he took responsibility for mistakes he believes he made, expressed genuine frustration w/ COVID & his agenda being stalled by GOP and Democrats & took hard questions without insulting folks.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

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A key moment from the POTUS presser. https://t.co/91oEzOnuqJ
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

HUGE NEWS.

President Biden said of BBB: "It’s clear to me that we’re going to have to probably break it up."

He said Democrats need to "get as much as we can now, come back and fight for the rest later."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

Peter Doocy of Fox News: Why are you trying to pull the country further to the left?

Pres Biden: "You guys have been trying to convince me that I am Bernie Sanders. I'm not. I like him. But I'm not Bernie Sanders. I'm not a socialist. I'm a mainstream Democrat and I have been."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

.@fran_chambers: How do you plan to win back moderates and independents who voted for you but who polls indicate aren't happy with the way you're doing the job now?

President Biden: "I don't believe the polls."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

Quite a statement from President Biden: "I don't believe the polls."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

Biden on Afghanistan: "There is no way to get out of Afghanistan after 20 years easily. Not possible no matter when you did it. And I make no apologies for what I did."
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 19, 2022

Most White House reporters would probably also agree.

He was President Obama's VP and saw the GOP uniformly oppose Obama's agenda for years. https://t.co/9oD2hocaXY
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

.@kwelkernbc: What do you say to black voters who say you don't have their backs and see this voting push as last minute PR?

Biden: I've had their backs my entire career. I have never not had their backs. Voting rights is what got me involved in politics in the first place.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

Quite a moment as Biden talks about black voters being concerned he doesn't have their backs.

He said: I haven't been out in the community enough and I haven't been connecting with people and letting them take a "measure of my sincerity." This is a problem of "my own making."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

.@ZekeJMiller: Did you overpromise coming into office and how do you plan to course correct?

President Biden: "I didn't overpromise" And, I outperformed what people thought would happen. We have made "enormous progress." It's getting better.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

she retweeted colleagues:

.@POTUS tells @kwelkernbc whether #Putin is going to invade could “depend on which side of the bed he gets up on…but I don’t think he’s made up his mind yet.” @NBCNews @NBCNewsNow
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) January 19, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden says he believes Putin doesn’t want full-blown war with Ukraine and would pay 'dear price' for it.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 19, 2022

.@ZekeJMiller: Did you overpromise coming into office and how do you plan to course correct?

President Biden: "I didn't overpromise" And, I outperformed what people thought would happen. We have made "enormous progress." It's getting better.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

I DIDN'T COPY ALL THE TWEETS, GO TO HER FEED AT THE LINK FOR MORE

She ended with this:

One hour and 54 minutes.

Whew.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

My colleague and friend, Rachel Maddow, on @MSNBC says what we are all thinking: "I thought it was long."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 8:17pm

Note: Biden is not surprised. Never. Yes, he's probably right he could have connected more (so could Obama, but people don't realize that, and COVID has limited outreach). Polls don't really measure how flimsy "opinions"/memes are in a wave of propaganda. Bush had 90% polling support for invading Iraq - that came tumbling down pretty goddamned fast.

Biden got the vaccines going after Bush dithered and pissed in the pool. And the Republicans incl Supreme Court fought his safety measures at every step - still only 2/3 vaxxed :-( We're very lucky Omicron isn't deadlier.

And i thought Joe was too senile to do a Fidel Castro-like press-a-thon? What else will the press bitch about now? (except Doocey - he never ceases to amaze)

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 2:25am

Digby does video clips from presser

https://digbysblog.net/2022/01/19/icymi-5/

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:05am

really valuable service on digby's part; this is just one of those cases where one should watch at least a few video clips to get your own opinions on the context of his level of confidence and not just rely on text alone!

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:19am

GOOD ONE!

Biden defeated them both https://t.co/FTJI6vu9ht
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:29am

oh look a reality-based person:

Biden has the smallest congressional majority in the history of the United States of America and his people are literally arguing about whether the goal should be "transformational" or merely "transformative" change. https://t.co/h108OKtFc6
— Foster (@foster_type) January 23, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/23/2022 - 9:05pm

Lol this is the Biden I like. https://t.co/LNisDugPaq
— Kim Iversen (@KimIversenShow) January 24, 2022

betcha he's gonna keep doing this; there's no downside to it, especially as he's not going to be running for anything after this gig

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 6:25pm

Same energy:https://t.co/I1aIpU8zBF
— Consultant (@Lipstay) January 24, 2022

good point!

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 6:29pm

Yamiche Alexander on Biden's press conference

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