It’s Monday.
When Biden Bits was posted for Friday, President Biden had tweeted 8 times. He added 9 tweets giving him a Friday Tweeting Total of 17 tweets and 0 retweets.
The Random Tweets:
The White House as of Monday @ 9:10 a.m. D.C., time has not uploaded President Biden’s remarks to YouTube.
The tweeted out video is 48 minutes and 13 seconds long. President Biden begins his remarks at the 9 minutes and 1 second long. He concludes his remarks at the 45 minutes and 45 second mark. His full remarks can be found here.
Friday as seen in Biden Bits I posted in full the White House fact-sheet on: How The American Rescue Plan Is Keeping America’s Schools Open Safely, Combating Learning Loss, And Addressing Student Mental Health and the White House statement on: The American Rescue Plan People Difference
President Biden toured an elementary school to mark the one-year anniversary of the passage of the American Rescue Plan.
The Russia Invasion of Ukraine Tweets…
As the News Blender featured on Friday, President Biden announced further actions against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The YouTube is 8 minutes and 40 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
The White House posted the following readout:
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine to underscore his support for the Ukrainian people as they continue to defend their country against Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified attack. President Biden highlighted how the United States is continuing to surge security, humanitarian, and economic assistance to Ukraine. He also updated President Zelenskyy on the actions the United States is taking today in coordination with the G7 and the EU to further raise the costs on Russia.
White House.gov. 03/11/2022.
The video snip is 1 minute and 40 seconds long.
President Biden: Good morning. I’m sorry to keep you waiting. I’ve just spoken for some time with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. I told him, as I have each and every time we’ve spoken, the United States stands with the people of Ukraine and their bravely — as they bravely fight to defend their country. And they are doing that. And as Putin continues his merciless assault, the United States and our Allies and partners continue to work in lockstep to ramp up the economic pressure on Putin and to further isolate Russia on the global stage. Later today, together with other NATO Allies and the G7 — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom — as well as the European Union — we’re going to jointly announce several new steps to squeeze Putin and hold him more — even more accountable for his aggression against Ukraine. And I want to speak to a few of those points today. First, each of our nations is going to take steps to deny most-favored-nation status to Russia. A most-favored-nation status designation means two countries have agreed to trade with each other under the best possible terms — low tariffs, few barriers to trade, and the highest possible imports allowed.
President Biden: We’re also taking a further step of banning imports of goods from several signature sectors of the Russian economy, including seafoods, vodka, and diamonds. And we’re going to continue to squeeze Putin. The G7 will seek to deny Russia the ability to borrow from leading multinational institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Putin is an aggressor — is the aggressor. And Putin must pay the price. He cannot pursue a war that threatens the very foundations — which he’s doing — the very foundations of international peace and stability and then ask for financial help from the international community.
President Biden: And I also want to be clear though: We will make sure Ukraine has weapons to defend against an invading Russian force. We will — we will send money and food and aid to save the Ukrainian people. And I will welcome the Ukrainian refugees. We should welcome them here with open arms if they need access. And we’re going to provide more support for Ukraine. We’re going to continue to stand together with our Allies in Europe and send an unmistakable message: We will defend every single inch of NATO territory with the full might of a united and galvanized NATO. We will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine. Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War Three, something we must strive to prevent.
President Biden: But we already know Putin’s war against Ukraine will never be a victory. He hoped to dominate Ukraine without a fight. He failed. He hoped to fracture European resolve. He failed. He hoped to weaken the transatlantic alliance. He failed. He hoped to split apart American democracies, in terms of our positions. He failed.
President Biden: And last night, to their great credit, the Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill that included an additional $13.6 billion in new assistance to the Ukrainian people. And I look forward to signing that immediately.
President Biden: The American people are united. The world is united. And we stand with the people of Ukraine. We will not let autocrats and would-be emperors dictate the direction of the world.
The video snip is 1 minute and 26 seconds long.
President Biden: And I also want to be clear though: We will make sure Ukraine has weapons to defend against an invading Russian force. We will — we will send money and food and aid to save the Ukrainian people. And I will welcome the Ukrainian refugees. We should welcome them here with open arms if they need access. And we’re going to provide more support for Ukraine. We’re going to continue to stand together with our Allies in Europe and send an unmistakable message: We will defend every single inch of NATO territory with the full might of a united and galvanized NATO. We will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine. Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War Three, something we must strive to prevent. But we already know Putin’s war against Ukraine will never be a victory. He hoped to dominate Ukraine without a fight. He failed. He hoped to fracture European resolve. He failed. He hoped to weaken the transatlantic alliance. He failed. He hoped to split apart American democracies, in terms of our positions. He failed. The American people are united. The world is united. And we stand with the people of Ukraine. We will not let autocrats and would-be emperors dictate the direction of the world. Democracies are rising to meet this moment, rallying the world to the side of peace and the side of security. We’re showing our strength, and we will not falter. May God bless all of you. God bless Ukraine. And God bless our troops.
Saturday’s Tweeting Total is 1 tweet and 0 retweets…
Tuesday, March 8th, 2022, President Biden traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to deliver remarks on Supporting Veterans as Part of the Unity Agenda he announced during his State of the Union address. The YouTube of his remarks is 28 minutes and 18 seconds long. The YouTube is cued to the 7 minute and 49 second mark where President Biden begins his remarks. His full remarks can be found here.
The tweeted out video is 1 minute long; it is from behind the scenes of that event. I will not be transcribing the video as there is a lot of speakers and cross-talk. The gist is President Biden met the Laguna family, they shook hands, exchanged small talk, and he says if they are in D.C., area anytime soon he’d like to invite them to the Oval Office.
President Biden did not tweeted on Sunday…
For Monday, March 14th, 2022, President Biden has received his daily brief. This afternoon he will address the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference. Monday night President Biden will participate in a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.
President Biden has tweeted 1 time so far for Monday.
The above appears in remarks he gave regarding the latest actions taken against Russia for their invading Ukraine.
President Biden: We’re also continuing the close corporations [cooperation] with Allies and partners to make sure that the close cooperation we continue to have, the Ukrainian people are — are able to defend their own nation. The United States has sent more than $1 billion in security assistance to Ukraine over the last year, including anti-armor and anti-air capabilities — taking out tanks and planes and helicopters — with new shipments arriving every day.
President Biden’s remarks are scheduled for 2:10 p.m. D.C., time.
The daily press briefing is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. D.C., time.
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