Fox News is reporting that President Joe Biden’s “body man,” Stephen Goepfert, is leaving the White House for a gig with the Department of Transportation. This is the poor guy who’s been preparing speech podiums and handing notes since the early months of Biden’s campaign, so we can imagine he’s had enough. Fox News reports that he’ll be replaced by Jacob Spreyer, the current White House receptionist. That’s good — at Biden’s age, it’s important that he be surrounded by familiar faces.
Biden 'bodyman' Stephen Goepfert leaving the White House https://t.co/fzkptEnUV5
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 23, 2022
Fox News reports:
“You’re literally at the border of where the President’s privacy and public duties sit — you have to have the right touch and right skill set,” Steve Ricchetti, a counselor to the President, told CNN. “Stephen has had the ability and the willingness to help the President navigate everything he did throughout the day. That ends up being a critical role.”
White House chief of staff Ron Klain echoed the sentiment.
“I have worked with and seen many body people over the years, Stephen is at the top,” Klain told the outlet. “It’s a tough and grueling job, and no one has done it with the competence, kindness, and warmth that he has.”
Handing notes and preparing podiums is a tough and grueling job if it’s for Biden.
Another one bites the dust
— blake (@Blakers8419) August 23, 2022
Do you mean body double?
— Doreen Dotan (@Doreen_Dotan) August 23, 2022
He’s tired of hanging out at the beach.
— Kato (@Kato1961) August 23, 2022
Visiting Angels…..🎼🎼🎼
— Mike McD (@MickGMick) August 23, 2022
Every day I’m shufflin’…
— wfee (@wfee1) August 23, 2022
I’m not surprised, Biden is driving him crazy
— Matthew Hershon (@matthew_hershon) August 23, 2022
He's probably sick and tired of being called Hunter
— The Granite Guy (@TheGraniteGuy4) August 23, 2022
Can't be easy reminding Joe what to do next.
— Forever69 (@WilliamReasland) August 23, 2022
Probably tired of defending Joe from invisible ghosts he shakes hands with.
— BD2007 (@Ronwehenkel) August 23, 2022
He’s heading to the Transportation Department, but no one seems to know what he’ll be doing there. Maybe he’ll be Pete Buttigieg’s body man.
Related:
‘Shocking’: Bill Clinton’s former body man Doug Band sheds more light on Clinton’s purported cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/JMHCUW9pgb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 2, 2020
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