Sometimes, it’s better for a comms person in politics to say nothing at all. That is a lesson White House Deputy Secretary Andrew Bates has never learned and often to comical effect.
The setup involves Joe Biden’s odd shift to wearing “lifestyle sneakers” with formal suits while doing official events. As RedState reported, he recently began wearing them after previously switching from dress shoes to “dress sneakers.” That wasn’t enough to keep him from taking multiple falls, and the move to oversized tennis shoes that provide “maximum stability” was eventually made.
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Intellectually honest people are willing to admit exactly what is going on here. None of those exist in the White House, though, so Bates instead snarkily responded by claiming the shoes are for “exercise” while taking a…
