#shorts On 1/13/2023, White House reporters continued to grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the classified documents found in Joe Biden’s garage. It was revealed this week that Joe Biden improperly stored classified documents in his garage next to his Corvette. Senior Advisor for Public Engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms shared the briefing room with Jean-Pierre. A reporter asked Bottoms, “Thinking back to the 2020 campaign, part of the President’s strategy at the time was going to visit these churches to engage some of the voters that he needed to turn out for him — in South Carolina … Is this speech at Ebenezer the start of a similar outreach campaign heading into 2024?

MS. BOTTOMS: I don’t know that it’s the start of it, but it could be a great start of it …

Reporter: Can you provide any insight into the writing process for the speech? I know that oftentimes there’s a lot of time paid attention to speeches like this — how long the President has been working on it for.

MS. BOTTOMS: We’ve been working on it for a couple of weeks as a team and, of course, with the President’s input. And as with any major speech that the President is giving, you — he gives his input and — and the team takes it from there. And then he takes his pen and he says what he wants to say, and you’ll hear that on Sunday.

Reporter: Is it finished?
MS. Jean-Pierre: Okay. The last —
Reporter: Is it finished?
MS. BOTTOMS: No. (Laughter.)
MS. Jean-Pierre: It’s never finished.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/5lDjjmjuZ2E
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