The Biden administration has been anything but transparent when it comes to giving the press access to the President. Thursday’s White House press briefing was no exception when reporters confronted press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the limited access to President Joe Biden.
At the end of the briefing, a White House reporter asked Jean-Pierre about the president’s meeting with Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar for St. Patrick’s Day. Reporters began to confront her about the lack of press access when world leaders visit the president.
Jean-Pierre responded, “That’s not true, he’s answered questions,” despite the fact that the press is often shouted down and asked to leave the Oval Office. “I hear you guys, I hear you guys,” she said with a chuckle.
The lack of transparency from the Biden administration is alarming. Varadkar will meet Biden at the White House for a bilateral meeting and St. Patrick’s Day celebration in observance of U.S. tradition. But the press won’t have any real opportunity to ask questions.
Unfortunately, the Biden administration is not taking the press’s demands seriously. In June, nearly 70 White House reporters wrote a letter to Jean-Pierre demanding that the White House lift its COVID-19 restrictions and give the press increased access to the president’s events. But so far, their demands have been ignored.
This lack of transparency and press access is especially concerning given the Democrats’ recent push to allow illegal immigrants in the US and the Biden administration’s efforts to censor conservatives. It’s clear that the Biden administration is attempting to keep the public in the dark about their agenda and what they’re really up to.
The Biden administration’s refusal to give the press the access they deserve is a disservice to the American people. We deserve to know what our president is thinking and what he is doing, and it’s up to the administration to provide us with the access we need.
We can only hope that they will come to their senses soon and give us the access we need. Otherwise, it’s hard to see how we can trust the Biden administration to do what’s best for the American people.