(Headline USA) President Joe Biden admitted this week that he was “given a list” of reporters to take questions from during a press conference in Jerusalem.
Biden made the comment after fielding a question from an Israeli reporter and being prompted to call on a few more reporters.
“Um, sure. I was given a list here,” he said, before reading off the name of Reuters reporter Steve Holland.
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After Holland, Biden said, “The next person to ask us a question, I guess, is Nadia [Bilbassy,]” who works for an Arabic news outlet.
Biden’s slip came just one day after he made a gaffe about the Holocaust.
“Later today, I will once more return to the hallowed ground of … Yad Vashem to honor the 6 million Jewish lives that were stolen in a genocide and continue — which we must do every, every day — continue to bear witness, to keep alive the truth and honor of the Holocaust — horror of the Holocaust…, Biden said.
Biden leaves crowd in STUNNED silence during official Israel visit after telling them to “keep alive the honor of the Holocaust” after his brain BREAKS
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This isn’t the first time Biden has revealed how strict his press schedule is. During the NATO summit in Spain last month, he admitted he was “told” to call on Associated Press reporter Darlene Superville.
