For the first time during his presidency, President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House Friday afternoon.
Biden makes a surprise appearance at today's White House press briefing. pic.twitter.com/ka5PwNhVpS
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Biden was asked about the upcoming presidential election, specifically whether he believes the outcome will be peaceful.
Q: "Do you have confidence that it will be a free and fair election and that it will be peaceful?"
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President Biden: "I'm confident it will be free and fair. I don't know whether it will be peaceful. The things that Trump has said...were very dangerous." pic.twitter.com/HrhpaooEHe
Biden started his remarks by touting new September job numbers, which the Trump campaign argues will be revised down.
"Over the past year alone, 825,000 American citizens LOST employment, while most jobs went to foreign-born workers. 1.2 million foreign-born workers GAINED employment. Full-time jobs are DOWN: 251,000 fewer full-time jobs, while part-time workers jumped," the Make America Great Again Pac released Friday. "Jobs reports like these almost always get revised down- we cannot trust this Administration to report the actual jobs data- in the last year alone they have manipulated these reports to reflect almost a MILLION FAKE jobs that have taken victory laps for and then later revised down."
Team Trump Blasts Latest Jobs Numbers as 'Fake'
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In typical fashion, Biden's appearance was short.
Biden to Karine Jean-Pierre after answering a few questions from the press: "I gotta go, kid." pic.twitter.com/bcYehDQTdB
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