CNN journo notes how much time 'work from home' pioneer Joe Biden has spent in Delaware since taking office

Doug P. | 4:40 PM on October 17, 2022

CNN had a story earlier about how much time President Biden has spent NOT at the White House and instead at his home(s) in Delaware:

As of this point in his presidency, Biden has spent more than a quarter of his time working from his home state of Delaware, either at his house in Wilmington or his Rehoboth Beach property.https://t.co/Njw7ZPmWZy

— CNN (@CNN) October 17, 2022

Biden waged most of the 2020 presidential campaign from his basement so this pretty much doesn’t come as a surprise:

President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home in Delaware, where he met up with his wife, other family members and – if they followed usual practice – Willow the cat and Commander the dog.

It’s a familiar weekly ritual. As of this point in his presidency, Biden has spent more than a quarter of his time working from his home state of Delaware, either at his house in Wilmington or his Rehoboth Beach property.

Some 21 months into his term, Biden has made 55 visits to Delaware, totaling some or all of 174 days as of Sunday, according to a CNN analysis of presidential schedules and a tally kept by Mark Knoller, the longtime unofficial statistician of the White House press corps. In addition, Biden has made 19 visits, or all or part of 64 days, to the Camp David presidential retreat in rural Maryland.

A CNN reporter explains that the reason Biden spends so much time in Delaware is that the pandemic-induced “work from home” culture is sticking around in many corners of the nation and Biden’s been leading by example:

CNN on Biden spending more than 1/4 of his presidency at home:

"Joe Biden has always been Amtrak Joe…our ideas and norms about workplace, work from home have changed since post pandemic. Maybe Joe Biden just had a better idea of how to model that before we all did." pic.twitter.com/TWjWxTuxkt

— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 17, 2022