Alexander: According to Sources, Jill Biden Said the Robert Hur Report Wasn’t Just Inaccurate, It Was Inhumane

WELKER: “Peter, let me start with you, because you were working your sources overnight. You got this extraordinary statement, fundraising E-mail from the First Lady, basically blasting the special counsel report. What are your sources telling you about that and a potential shift in strategy?”
ALEXANDER: “Well, she said among other things in that statement, she said that this Robert Hur, the special counsel, was trying to score political points, said, ‘You don’t measure the death of your son in years. You measure it in grief.’ I spoke to a series of officials, including at the campaign, a senior campaign advisor, saying basically the thinking behind this was, ‘If the special counsel is going to be attacking our son and using him as a political weapon, then she’s going to have something to say about it,’ which is exactly why she spoke out. And a person who’s close to the First Lady told me that she was directly involved in the crafting of this fundraising E-mail. Jen, you know well it’s not always — “
PSAKI: “Pretty rare.”
ALEXANDER: “ — the case where it’s like that. She said, among other things, that she wanted to speak out in real American mom terms, to say that this wasn’t just inaccurate, that it was inhumane. And then she also wanted to make another argument that the First Lady did there. She said that Americans benefit from each of the president’s 81 years. His experience, his expertise is what’s allowed him to get things done. Quickly, about the strategy going forward, I think a lot of folks, as you indicated, say, ‘You’ve got to hear more from the president himself.’ The campaign — excuse me — the White House is focused on doing more of that, sending him out to some of the key battlegrounds. I think we’ll see some of that this week for more off-the-cuff, authentic conversations with real Americans. It does expose him to the vulnerability though, is that he repeats some of these gaffes that sort of underscore this concern.”