“Rupert Murdoch’s Sad Little Super PAC”: White House Pushes Back Again At New York Post, This Time Over Biden-Obama L.A. Fundraiser Video
deadline.comThe White House again is pushing back at the New York Post over a video that the Murdoch-owned publication claimed showed President Joe Biden freezing up at the end of his blockbuster fundraiser in Los Angeles with former President Barack Obama. “Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser,” the Post wrote on X/Twitter on Sunday, in a post the quickly traveled across social media and was picked up by other outlets on the right.
In the video, taken after they wrapped up their conversation, Obama and Biden and moderator Jimmy Kimmel are waving to the crowd.
The president turned to face another section of the audience and, about six seconds later, Obama took his arm, then put it around Biden’s shoulder and they walked offstage.
Andrew Bates, White House senior deputy press secretary, wrote, “Fresh off being fact checked by at least 6 mainstream outlets for lying about @POTUS with cheap fakes, Rupert Murdoch’s sad little super pac, the New York Post, is back to disrespecting it’s readers & itself once again.
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