Former White House press secretary turned MSNBC host Jen Psaki says she will remove a passage from her new book about President Biden looking at his watch during a ceremony for soldiers killed during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In “Say More,” Pskai wrote that Biden “only glanced at his watch after the ceremony ended. Moments later, he and the first lady headed toward the car.”
She added that the president’s critics noted that he glanced at his watch several times in an effort to make him “appear callous, concerned only with how much time had passed.”
Axes reported on Monday, Psaki’s account was “at odds with fact checks at the time,” pointing to reports from local photographers, Gold Star families in attendance and fact checks from outlets USA Today and Snopes.
In a statement to the channel, Pskai said that “the detail in a few lines of the book about the exact number of times he looked at the clock will be removed in future reprints and in the e-book.”
“The story about Afghanistan is really about the importance of providing feedback, even when it’s difficult to tell from my own experience telling President Biden that his own story of loss was not well received by the families who were mourning their children. and daughters,” she added.
The president’s critics, including former President Trump, have routinely criticized Biden for his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Psaki left the Biden White House in 2022 and has since joined MSNBC as the network’s lead host and political analyst.
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