We believe the phrase used to describe this during the Trump administration was 'democracy dies in darkness'

Welp.

There will be no press briefing today after President Joe Biden’s question-free press conference on Wednesday and his disaster of an interview with ABC News:

No press briefing tomorrow, per White House schedule.

— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) August 18, 2021

Democracy dies in darkness — or something:

If this happened under Trump, Jim Acosta would turn his tie into a Rambo headband and chain himself to the White House fence. https://t.co/c7kre4Mab9

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 19, 2021

Maybe Afghanistan will just fix itself while they’re all on vacation?

Is their plan to ignore Afghanistan and hope it goes away? https://t.co/yshNuZ36ox

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 19, 2021

But maybe it’s a good idea they’re silent after the plan to use TikTokers to solved the vaccine-hesitancy crisis:

Maybe they'll bring in a camp TikTok influencer to do a wacky skit about C-17s and wheelwells. https://t.co/fIGL7TsYSy

— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) August 18, 2021

It’s for the best?

Honestly, if I was them, I would stop speaking, too. https://t.co/O9Vy8DhJti

— Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) August 18, 2021

Let it roll, baby!

Well they've gone so well this week you'd think they'd stay on their roll. https://t.co/ykRPWUL5wT

— Dave Carney (@granitewinger) August 18, 2021

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