Insty (and Sarah Hoyt during the night shift) are all over the story. But seriously, this was bizarre even by the “To Uranus And Beyond!” standards of Biden’s puppeteers.
A producer for ABC pointed out an obvious but important truth as well:
Meanwhile, even CNN talent was unnerved by the display. Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny took issue with the staging of the Marines behind Biden for such a political speech, calling it a “break with White House traditions.”