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By Tim Graham ~

Matt Vespa at Townhall penned an article on “Why the White House Correspondents’ Association Ripped Into Joe Biden This Weekend.” Naturally, it was Team Biden keeping the president away from a microphone despite urgent debt-limit talks, lest he say something that might make him look past his prime….as if hiding him doesn’t leave that impression.

Nick Sortor tweeted out the full statement from WHCA president (and NPR reporter) Tamara Keith late Friday:

The WHCA board pushed hard for the White House to hold a briefing on Friday or potentially over the weekend given intense interest in the high stakes debt ceiling negotiations and the risk that the US economy could go over a cliff.

The White House was not persuaded by our argument that the public deserves to see them answer questions. Monday is a federal holiday, which means there could be four days in the…