Press Corps has had it with Biden White House: ‘Continued efforts to limit access to the President cannot be defended’

Press Corps has had it with Biden White House: ‘Continued efforts to limit access to the President cannot be defended’

The White House Press Corps unloaded on President Joe Biden’s administration, complaining about the “ahistoric” lack of access to the president and revealing that they were being required to fill out request forms to gain entry into areas that previous administrations had freely allowed.

The Corps shared their grievances on Thursday in a letter addressed to Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, demanding that the White House stop limiting reporters’ access and making it clear that it was not their first such request.

“We once again respectfully request the Biden administration – without exception-re-open all of the traditional venues for presidential remarks at the White House, including the East Room and the South Court Auditorium, for any reporter admitted to the White House campus,” the letter began. “The current method of allowing a limited number of reporters into these events is not only restrictive and antithetical to the concept of a free press, but it has been…

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