President Joe Biden is under water after ignoring the questions from reporters following his controversial speech last weekend.
On Monday, lawmakers, politicians, public figures and netizens slammed Biden after he walked away from reporters and ignored their questions after he released an official statement about the collapse of two major U.S. banks.
Biden addressed the sudden bank failure of both Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in California on Friday and Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.
However, the controversy arose after Biden left the podium, ignoring the press who shouted questions about the aftermath of the banks’ collapse.
In the video footage, one correspondent can be heard asking, “What do you know right now about why this happened? Can you assure Americans that there won’t be a ripple effect?” while another reporter asked the President, “Do you expect other banks to fail?”
WATCH: Biden refuses to take any questions after he delivers remarks on the economy. pic.twitter.com/MiX6vOri9g— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 13, 2023
Biden’s action immediately fueled another controversy, sparking outrage and controversy among the netizens.
“We are witnessing widespread bank fails and the president just gave a 5 min speech then walked off camera. Brace for impact. You get what you vote for,” Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg claimed.
“The second largest bank collapse in US history occurred and Joe Biden can’t answer any questions about it. Unreal,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., lamented.
Podcast host Monica Crowley also blasted Biden for “speaking meaninglessly for like 2 minutes on the bank collapses and then bolting without taking questions is peak Biden twaddle.”
In addition, Spectator contributing editor Stephen Miller also said, “Amazing how the camera just pans back to an empty podium after the old man shuffles himself right out of the room.”
“The guy is a part time president. 3 days a week giving a 5 minute statement and then back off to Delaware.” Miller continued.
“See you in California,” Ted Cruz communications advisor Steve Guest quoted.
Prior to leaving, Biden released a striking statement, attempting to put the bank collapse “in broader context” by touting the economy.
“We’ve made strong economic progress in the last two years. We’ve created more than 12 million new jobs, more jobs in two years than any president’s ever created in a single four-year term. Unemployment is below 4% for 14 straight months. Take home pay for workers is going up, especially for lower and middle income workers. And we’ve seen record numbers of people apply to start new businesses, more than 10 million of them, more than 10 million applications over the last two years starting businesses,” Biden said in a statement.
“Now we need to keep the program, this progress going. That’s what swift action that my administration, over the past few years, is all about: protecting depositors, protecting the banking system, protecting the economic gains we have made together for the American people. Thank you. God bless you. And may God protect our troops. See you in California,” the President declared.
