President Joe Biden was caught reading from a detailed “cheat sheet” during remarks at a G20 event Monday, and it was far from the first time.
SO WHAT
Biden turns 80 years old this weekend.
THE INSTRUCTIONS
“YOU will sit …”
– Instructions for the G20 Summit Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment conference in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022.
“YOU thank participants.”
– The “Sequence of Events” for a White House meeting with energy executives to announce the administration’s offshore wind industry partnership, June 23, 2022.
“End of message.”
– Teleprompter instructions that Biden read aloud during his eulogy of Bob Dole in the Capitol Rotunda, Dec. 9, 2021.
“Sir, there is something on your chin.”
– A note Biden received and acted on during a wildfire emergency virtual briefing with governors and state officials, July 30, 2021.
“I am calling you today …”
– A script of then-Democratic presidential nominee Biden’s congratulatory call to Kamala Harris, naming her as his running mate, Aug. 11, 2020.
SAME ENERGY
In April, the president’s critics accused him of being “stage managed” by a staffer dressed as the Easter Bunny.
