White House press secretary Jen Psaki took many questions today in regards to Biden administration policies, but another president was also mentioned several times. Newsbusters editor Curtis Houck provided a tally during the presser and at the time roughly half of the questions the White House press had asked had something to do with Trump:
As of this tweet, there have been about 31 questions (give or take) in this briefing so far and 15 have been about Trump or the Trump administration.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 22, 2021
Color us shocked!
They can’t quit him. https://t.co/fEzgtPYBXI
— Anna James Zeigler (@ajzeigler) January 22, 2021
They most certainly can’t!
“I wish I could quit you.” – media https://t.co/abte9aBAM8
— McLovin (@McLuvln) January 22, 2021
PSA: the media does NOT want to make politics boring again https://t.co/6Gr15iHtgZ
— Scooter Schaefer (@ScooterSchaefer) January 22, 2021
They have nothing else but Trump.
— The Hart Foundation (@federalist55) January 22, 2021
They have no ratings without Trump in the picture.
— Infidella (@TC1776) January 22, 2021
And of course you can always tell a lot by what wasn’t asked:
I'm pretty sure there wasn't a single question to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the National Guard being kicked out of the Capitol and having to briefly retreat to sleeping in a parking garage
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 22, 2021
Shocker!