The hits just keep on coming for President Joe Biden as reports emerge that his campaign has been giving pre-approved questions to journalists scheduled to interview the 81-year-old.
News of the campaign’s practice comes as speculation continues to swirl over whether Democrats will successfully convince Biden to step aside and let a younger, more vigorous candidate emerge to run at the top of the Democratic ticket.
The campaign has been in damage-control mode ever since the president’s disastrous showing in his debate against former President Donald Trump, who subsequently benefited in the polls.
Here’s some of what Fox News wrote on the latest revelations:
Another local radio host who interviewed President Biden in the days following the presidential debate admitted that he received the questions beforehand.
In statements given to ABC News, Wisconsin radio station host Earl Ingram confirmed that he was given five questions to ask Biden during their recent chat and wasn’t able to get through all of them before the interview ended.
“Yes, I was given some questions for Biden,” Ingram told the outlet on Saturday.
Ingram, who is the host of “The Earl Ingram Show” on WMCS in Milwaukee, was the second local radio host this weekend to admit they received a list of questions to use for interviewing Biden.
Andrea Lawful-Sanders, who hosts “The Source” on WURD in Philadelphia, told CNN anchor Victor Blackwell on Saturday that the questions for her interview with Biden “were sent to me for approval.”
“I approved them,” Lawful-Sanders told Blackwell, who detailed the questions, stating they were about Biden’s accomplishments, debate performance, progress in both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, what’s at stake in the election, and what he would say to voters who are considering not voting in the presidential election.
The CNN anchor also pointed out that the questions the Philadelphia host asked were “essentially the same” as the ones in Biden’s interview with Ingram, who was also interviewed by Blackwell alongside Lawful-Sanders.
Ingram confirmed to ABC News that he was given questions from Biden’s team, mentioning that he “didn’t get a chance to ask him all the things” he wanted before their time was up.