The Washington Post's Tyler Pager asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if "it's just coincidence that" these recent successes, including the passage of the Chips and Science Act, the reconciliation agreement, and the killing of a top al Qaeda leader, all "happened while he has largely been isolating in the White House."
The reporter further stressed that Biden "had a successful 2020 campaign where he was mostly working from home." During that race, the Democratic nominee was frequently mocked as "Basement Biden" or "Hidin' Biden."
"My goodness," Jean-Pierre exclaimed. "Look, the president is going to continue to work for the American people, regardless — it doesn't matter where he is."
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"I hear what you're saying, but we've had successes over the last 18 months. It's not just been this week," she added. "We had the American Rescue Plan. We had the bipartisan infrastructure deal. We've had other successes in this White House."
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Still, Pager pressed Jean-Pierre yet again on whether the timing of Biden's "string of successes" was a "coincidence."
"I think we should just be really thrilled and really excited that we're getting work done for the American people, and I think that's what matters at the end of the day," she responded simply.
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You can watch Tuesday's briefing in full below.
President Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he said delivered justice and hopefully “one more measure of closure” to families of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
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The President said in an evening address from the White House that U.S. intelligence officials tracked al-Zawahri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family. The President approved the operation last week, and it was carried out Sunday.
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Al-Zawahri and the better-known Osama bin Laden planned the 9/11 attacks that brought many ordinary Americans their first knowledge of al-Qaida. Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, in an operation carried out by U.S. Navy SEALs after a nearly decade-long hunt.
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As for Al-Zawahri, Biden said, “He will never again, never again, allow Afghanistan to become a terrorist safe haven because he is gone and we’re going to make sure that nothing else happens.” “This terrorist leader is no more,” he added.
The operation is a vital counterterrorism win for the Biden administration just 11 months after American troops left the country after a two-decade war.
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