President Joe Biden mistakenly told members of the White House press corps that he would be holding a press conference later on Friday, confusing it with an interview he is set to have with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle.
“I’m doing a major press conference this afternoon, so I love you all but I’d like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business,” said Biden after speaking to reporters about April’s jobs report and forthcoming debt limit negotiations with Republicans.
Reporters continued to harangue Biden after he asked them to leave the room and Biden doubled down, responding to their myriad questions by declaring, “We’ll get a chance to talk about all of those things, I promise you.”
Joe Biden says he will do a major press conference this afternoon. White House reportedly denies, says no press conference this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/GdIKSSBfwB
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CNN’s John King observed that a presidential press conference came as “news to us” as well as the rest of the American press before promising to “get you more information on that as we get it.”
Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher cleared up the president’s comments by confirming with the White House that Biden “misspoke and was referring to his MSNBC interview.”
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