Associated Press White House correspondent Chris Megerian fired off several questions about President Joe Biden’s unscheduled rapid bodily descent and sudden non-arboreal stop to kick off White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s briefing. (Those are SpaceX and West Wing references, respectively)
At Friday’s press briefing the first questions were about the president tripping over a sandbag at the Air Force Academy graduation, asking in rapid succession whether Biden had been examined by a doctor, whether KJP could describe the examination, and what the result of the examination was — but according to Jean-Pierre there was no examination to describe:
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay, with that, let’s get going. Chris.CHRIS MEGERIAN: Hello.MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What you got for us?CHRIS MEGERIAN: So, the President had the fall yesterday. The White House has said that he’s fine. Was he checked out by a doctor? What was that examination like? What was the result of that?MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, just want to just remind everybody what the President was in Colorado Springs for yesterday. He was there to — to offer his thanks to the dedicated brave women and — men and women who were graduating and about to serve in the Air Force. And he was proud — very proud to shake the hands of more than 900 of them beforehand.So, I just want to make sure that we are aware: As Commander-in-Chief, that is why
he was there. And he was incredibly proud to do so.And just to — just, you know, make sure we clear the record here: He tripped over a bag — a sandbag on the stage and — briefly; he tripped and got up. And he — he got — got right back up and continued — continued what he was there to do.He did not — he — there was no need for the doctor to see him, as it was related to the fall. And he’s doing fine.You saw — most of — some of you saw him last night when he returned, getting off Marine One on the South Lawn. He spoke to this. So, I would refer you back to his comments. And so, I’ll just leave it there.
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