CNN’s MJ Lee on Biden Telling Reporter to ‘Play by the Rules’: ‘We All Know There Are No Rules … You Can Ask About Any Topic You Would Like’

‘If you get a question to the president, you can ask about any topic you would like’

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LEE: "The other moment that really stood out to me, a little interesting to me, was when a reporter asked him a question about the ongoing ceasefire and hostages negotiations. You know, earlier in the day he had said that he was not hopeful that a deal was going to be reached soon. But when a reporter pressed him on that, he initially responded by saying, 'I wish you guys would play by the rules a little bit,' saying that he wished that the questions could be on the topic of Ukraine. Obviously, we all know there are no rules at these kinds of press conferences. If you get a question to the president, you can ask about any topic you would like, but that did sort of seem to me and strike me as the president expressing a little bit of frustration.”

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