From Fox News: Unearthed emails as part of a FOIA request show Biden administration agencies scrapping a plan to visit a vessel at an event because it would have required then-President Joe Biden to take too many steps.
Records show, as part of a FOIA request by Protect the Public’s Trust obtained by Fox News Digital, that Biden was set to visit a National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) while touring a Philadelphia shipyard in July 2023.
However, according to the emails, that visit to the vessel was scrapped because of “how many steps were involved to get on the ship.”
The emails show that the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) was engaged in a major project at the Philadelphia shipyard at the time that Biden was planning to visit to tout offshore wind and clean energy jobs.
A MARAD official emailed members of the Office of Secure Transportation, with the Department of Transportation CC’d, on July 17, 2023 that said, “No visit to the NSMV vessel is planned after the WH realized how many steps were involved to get on the ship. {True – lots of steps on grating}.”
The report notes that a little over a month earlier, on June 1, 2023, was when Biden took an embarrassing tumble on stage during an Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
All the while, Biden’s team slapped down any questions from conservatives about his health and cognitive abilities, and claimed multiple times that he was working so hard, they could hardly keep up with him.
Unearthed emails reveal White House nixed Biden visiting ship because of ‘how many steps were involved’ https://t.co/mAYn234Jzg
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