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Right on cue, CNN came rush to the defense of President Joe Biden’s “routine” summer vacation in preparation for “workaday realities” in Washington, D.C. amid “Republican backlash.”
In reality, Biden has set an all-time record by vacationing 40% of the time while in office. In just 2.5 years in office, Biden has vacationed for an entire year.
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Biden also spent a staggering $18 million at the expense of taxpayers for a six-day vacation in Nevada, which is under investigation. (Poll: Is Joe Biden Fit to be President? VOTE)
CNN reported, “Summer vacations are routine for presidents, even those who claim to never take them. In August 2017, then-President Donald Trump spent 17 days at his golf course in New Jersey. President Barack Obama regularly spent two weeks each summer on Martha’s Vineyard.”
This comparison is ridiculous. Trump vacationed just 26% of the time (381 days over four years) and Obama vacationed 11.2% (328 days over eight years).
CNN claims that Biden “kept abreast” of issues such as the Maui wildfires “through phone calls, briefings, television news and, in the case of the Hawaii fires, an on-the-ground visit that included around 10 hours of flying time.”
“The end of a presidential summer vacation makes for some abrupt trade-offs,” CNN reported. “The beach for budget battles. Pilates for politics. Sunshine for special counsels.”
“Heading home from Lake Tahoe on Saturday, President Joe Biden exchanged a week of waterfront seclusion for the more workaday realities of running the country from Washington.” (Poll: Is CNN ‘Fake News’? VOTE)
“With the vacations usually comes criticism,” the left-wing network continued. “For Biden, the harshest attacks came following the Maui fires. Although he quickly signed an emergency declaration and worked to marshal federal resources, a ‘no comment’ when questioned about the death toll on the beach led to days of Republican backlash. (The White House later said Biden couldn’t hear the question.).”
Ron DeSantis press secretary Jeremy Redfern criticized CNN’s report by saying, “You can’t make this up…” tweeted.
You can’t make this up… https://t.co/0xqrna3teP
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) August 27, 2023
Claremont Institute alum Erielle Davidson said, “They can’t make the argument for competency, so they try for ‘normalcy.’ But even then, very few people would go to Tahoe for a week after a fire that likely killed hundreds.”
They can’t make the argument for competency, so they try for “normalcy.” But even then, very few people would go to Tahoe for a week after a fire that likely killed hundreds. https://t.co/DKWRUCVp73
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) August 27, 2023
“Parody-level,” radio host Jason Rantz said.
Parody-level. https://t.co/SD4c0leS0g
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 27, 2023
“You people are the absolute worst. So much of the country hates you for a reason,” NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck responded.
You people are the absolute worst. So much of the country hates you for a reason.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 27, 2023
Fox News contributor Guy Benson said, “Basically a Sunday Scaries Instagram story on behalf of the president.”
“Take it easy, Joe,” journalist Ian Miles Cheong remarked.
Take it easy, Joe.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 27, 2023
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