Biden Has Spent More Time Away From White House Than Trump, While Visitor Logs Can’t Be Found
CNN of all places reported that President Biden has spent a quarter of his presidency working from his home state of Delaware, a rate that exceeds that of former President Donald Trump.
The tally conducted by the networkâs analysis amounts to 55 visits to the Blue Hen state for Biden â either to his house in Wilmington or his Rehoboth Beach property â amounting to 174 days overall.
That number works out to over 27% of his presidency being spent away from the White House.
Joe Biden has spent more than a quarter of his presidency in Delaware, with 55 visits in 21 months totaling 174 days via @politico https://t.co/hy66jqbBhk
â Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) October 17, 2022
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Biden âWorkingâ From Delaware
The CNN report adds that Biden has also spent âall or part of 64 daysâ at the Camp David presidential retreat in rural Maryland.
They also note that Bidenâs time at home far surpasses that of Trump at this point in his presidency, something the former President was heavily criticized for.
âHe has now surpassed even the getaway time of former President Donald Trump, so often criticized by Democrats for his regular departures from the White House to stay at one of his personal homes,â CNN writes.
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Trump had spent about 135 days at Mar-a-Lago or at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
âWorking from DelawareâŠâ In a related story, the White House refuses to release the visitor logs while âworkingâ in Delaware. https://t.co/Uj5SGtCZDQ
â Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 18, 2022
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Visitor Logs Shrouded in Secrecy
Earlier this month, an exclusive report by the New York Post indicated that the Secret Service has been unable to locate any records of visitor logs while President Biden is staying in Delaware.
The Post filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the visitor logs and found the response âbaffling.â
âThe Secret Service says it checked again and still canât find any records that identify visitors to President Bidenâs Delaware residences,â they wrote.
Biden wonât release Delaware visitor logs despite 17 trips home across state lines. https://t.co/fVhsLh8jv4 via @nypost
â Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) November 20, 2021
The Secret Serviceâs refusal to provide visitor logs led Rep. James Comer (R-KY) to fire back, âThe claim that there are no visitor logs for President Bidenâs Delaware residence is a bunch of malarkey.â
Comer also pointed out that the visitors to Bidenâs Delaware homes are relevant since âwe know that he routinely met with Hunterâs business associates during his time as vice president.â
In 2017, White House officials under then-President Trump announced it would be keeping most of their visitor logs secret, citing âthe grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.â
President Biden directed the National Archives to send the visitor logs from the Trump era to the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
The Biden administration has cleared the release of Trump White House visitor logs â including those from January 6, 2021 â to the special committee investigating the insurrection. pic.twitter.com/EEMsN4AP0E
â CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) February 17, 2022
Perhaps the next President will release the Biden visitor logs in 2024.
âTrumpâs trips to Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster were fodder for op-eds and lent themselves to critics painting a portrait of a president unwilling to give up the trappings of a luxe off-duty lifestyle,â CNN admits.
White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates defended Bidenâs time spent in Delaware as keeping in touch with âhis roots and his family.â
Added Bates, âAs all Americans can agree, itâs important for leaders to avoid becoming ensconced in Washington, D.C.â
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