At a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked by a reporter about Biden’s slow response to the current baby formula crisis. As she tried to dance around the real question, reporters continued to press her on why Biden was not informed about the issue until just recently.
Biden has been facing significant backlash over his lack of action to fix the baby formula shortage that is sweeping the nation. The President has pushed back on this criticism, blaming poor communication within his administration for his lack of knowledge of the growing crisis. Biden has claimed that he wasn’t told about this crisis until April – two months after it began. At this point, it had already developed into a major problem nationwide.
“The President just said he didn’t – wasn’t informed about that until April, and then waited a full month to invoke the Defense Production Act and begin ‘Operation Fly Formula’… so what is the reason for the disconnect there, and is he going to hold anyone accountable?” asked a reporter at the White House press briefing…