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Photos taken at a White House meeting with cabinet members show specific instructions listed for President Biden.
On Thursday, Biden made remarks during a “Meeting on the Federal State Offshore Wind Implementation Association,” where he had a binder of talking points and was handed a chart showing the height of offshore wind turbines being discussed. compared to landmarks like the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower.
Later, he held up a separate note card and was reading one side of it.
However, the other side of the note card facing the cameras had a list of instructions for the president.
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US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with governors, labor leaders and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Partnership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA USA, on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images
“YOU enter the Roosevelt Room and greet the participants,” the first bullet point read. “YOU take YOUR seat.”
After a bullet that said, “Press enter,” the next bullet said, “YOU make brief comments,” with a parenthetical statement saying “2 minutes.” Biden ended up speaking for about eight minutes.
Once, when the “Press is gone,” Biden was told, “YOU ask AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler a question,” with a note that Shuler would “join virtually.”
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The final bullets say: “YOU thank the participants” and “YOU leave”.
US President Joe Biden discusses his notes with governors, labor leaders and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Partnership while attending a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2022. (Photo by Jim WATSON/AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A White House official tells Fox News that this is a very standard format used by politicians and government officials at public events.
Hannah Hankins, a former White House communications official for then-President Obama, told Fox News that he, too, used a similar format for notes during his presidency.
This is not the first time that Biden’s notes have gone viral. In March, he was seen holding a card reading “Putin’s Tough Q&A Talking Points” during a press conference on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
During an event last July, the president received a note that said, “Sir, there is something on your chin.”
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 23: United States President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on the Federal-State Offshore Wind Energy Deployment Partnership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 23, 2022 in Washington , DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Biden is not the first president to have stories that draw media attention. In 2018, President Trump was seen holding handwritten notes that included prepared responses such as “I hear you” during a White House listening session with families of Parkland victims following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting. .
Trump also made viral handwritten notes reading “I don’t want a quid pro quo” during his first impeachment trial in 2019.
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