Tweets Are Like Bad Headlines

BREAKING News: Axios wants you to know that the older announced candidate actually gets to work an hour earlier, bc he spends his morning working out rather than ranting at Fox News. https://t.co/D39VKQPwz8

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 28, 2023

Jen Psaki, who was Biden's first White House press secretary, acknowledged this dynamic: She noted that the president's remarks on the Silicon Valley Bank crisis must have been a high priority since he delivered them at 9:15 a.m. 

"President Biden does nothing at 9 a.m.,” she said last month on MSNBC's “Morning Joe." "He is a night owl." 

Biden has said he takes his time in the mornings. 

"I'm up at 7, 7:15," he told the "Smartless" podcast last November, adding that he works out from about 8 to 8:45 a.m. 

By the numbers: 

A breakdown of Biden's schedule so far in 2023 reveals how his staff tries to ensure he's at his best: 

Only four public events before 10 a.m. 

Just a dozen public events after 6 p.m. — mostly dinners and receptions with foreign leaders or fundraisers. 

12 full weekends with no public events. 

In response to this reporting, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O'Malley Dillon sent a one-word reply: "False." 

Reality check: 

Biden has remained an active traveler, with more than 20 trips this year— including a long, risky and complicated visit to war-torn Kyiv. Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates told Axios: "To quote a young, healthy, and capable AP reporter’s tweet about the president energetically mixing with service members in the middle of a long trip back to the U.S. from Asia: 'I am so tired.'"

And the kicker: 

The bottom line: This likely will be the most Rose Garden-centered presidential campaign in nearly half a century — since President Ford in 1976.

Something you young punks don’t remember. 

Whether it's Donald Trump encouraging rioters to overthrow the government on the afternoon of January 6, or Joe Biden hosting most public events in the afternoon, both sides have an afternoon problem.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) April 28, 2023