Biden’s Team Suggests Trump Reimburse Taxpayers for Campaign-Style Speech in Rose Garden

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is firing back at President Donald Trump following his recent news conference in the Rose Garden.

On Tuesday evening, Kate Bedingfield — Biden’s deputy campaign manager and communications director — released a statement suggesting taxpayers be reimbursed for Trump’s campaign-style press briefing that she described as an “abuse of funds.”

“The American taxpayer should be reimbursed for the abuse of funds this spectacle represented,” Bedingfield wrote.

Although Trump was initially expected to focus on the strict measures his administration plans to impose on China for cracking down on Hong Kong, the president spent a good portion of his air time focusing on another area of politics.

Trump criticized Biden for policy work with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). According to Bedingfield, Trump mentioned Biden’s name “nearly 30 times” although the briefing was not supposed to be centered on campaign-related rhetoric.

“Today’s statement that was ostensibly supposed to be about China, but there was one topic that President Trump couldn’t seem to get off his mind: 👤Joe Biden, whose name the President invoked nearly 30 times,” Bedingfield said, adding, “The whole sad affair says more about Donald Trump