Joe Biden is set to observe the 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil in Alaska, breaking a tradition where the president gives remembrance of 9/11 from the White House or three attack sites.
Instead, Biden will travel to a military base in Alaska as a stop on the way home from Vietnam and India, where a memorial service will be held with members of the military and their families - but it’s unclear if any family members of 9/11 victims will be there.
During a press conference on Thursday, Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if Biden would be meeting with anyone personally impacted by 9/11 in Alaska, leading to a classic non-answer from KJP, who told the reporter; “We’ll have more to share, but we’ll definitely be meeting with the service members and their families, which he believes is incredibly important. We’ll certainly have more to share as we get closer to Monday.” Admittedly, this was one of her wiser non-answers, as it gives the administration the opportunity to now invite 9/11 families by Monday to avoid the poor optics and claim it was planned all along.
Perhaps desperate for some positive press in light of this, Biden did reject a potential plea deal that would’ve prevented the 9/11 architects and co-conspirators from facing the death penalty - but as Senator Ted Cruz pointed out, the administration was previously fully prepared to grant that plea deal until they they were pressed on it, and it came under fire in the public eye.
Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros
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