Biden Will Not Fire Lloyd Austin: White House Spox | The Gateway Pundit

Joe Biden has no plans to fireplace Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin, in line with feedback to reporters Monday morning by White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre and Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby.

Kirby mentioned Biden “appears ahead to having him again on the Pentagon as quickly as attainable” and that Biden “respects the truth that Secretary Austin took possession for the dearth of transparency. He additionally respects the superb job he’s achieved as Protection Secretary…”

Kirby mentioned he doesn’t know if Biden is aware of the small print of Austin’s sickness. Biden spoke with Austin on Saturday a number of days after he discovered about Austin’s secret hospitalization. Biden has expressed no anger or disappointment at being humiliated over being uncovered as not having full management of his administration.

Biden is standing by Austin after he stored his hospitalization within the ICU final week a secret from Biden, White Home workers, Congress and senior Pentagon officers such that even even Austin’s vacationing deputy didn’t know for 3 days he was incapacitated.

Austin has but to reveal the character of his sickness besides to say by way of a spokesman it resulted on account of problems from an elective medical process that happened on December 22. Austin was taken to Walter Reed Nationwide Navy Medical Heart in Bethesda, Maryland on New Yr’s Day the place he stays. He resumed his duties on Friday after being incapacitated for a number of days within the ICU. The Pentagon mentioned Sunday that Austin has opted to remain within the ICU for “privateness” causes despite the fact that he now not wants that degree of care.

Audio clips of Jean Pierre and Kirby briefing reporters throughout a gaggle on Air Power One as Biden flew to Charleston, South Carolina Monday morning, posted by the RNC. Each spokespersons dodged direct solutions besides to clarify Biden is not going to be firing Austin:

“Does the president know what elective surgical procedure [Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin] has, despite the fact that the American folks do not know?”

KIRBY: “I do not know the extent of the president’s private data of his medical state of affairs” pic.twitter.com/r4fqVZXIS4

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“Did Sec. Austin meet the president’s personal customary of transparency? … And if Pres. Biden needed to have some form of medical process, is the WH dedicated to releasing that data to the general public?”

KIRBY: “You are just a little out of my lane” pic.twitter.com/qv9sXn4Fsv

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Biden NSC spokesman John Kirby on Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin being incapacitated for days with out telling anyone:

“As you may anticipate, we’ll check out course of and process right here and attempt to study from this expertise…” pic.twitter.com/tcHRsCp3ho

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John Kirby says Biden “respects” how Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin “has dealt with a number of crises during the last three years,” so he will not be fired pic.twitter.com/uObNPoue1a

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“Ought to the American folks believe in [Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin], given his lack of transparency?”

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “The president continues to have full confidence” pic.twitter.com/LAMCdP28Mq

— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) January 8, 2024

Biden didn’t reply a reporter’s shouted query about Austin when he arrived in Charleston to provide a race-baiting campaign speech targeting President Trump on the website of the 2015 racist bloodbath of 9 Black churchgoers, Mom Emanuel Church :

A predictably confused Biden has arrived in Charleston, South Carolina.

He didn’t reply to questions on his data of his incapacitated protection secretary. pic.twitter.com/HV5bU6iJ7o

— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) January 8, 2024