The Easter Bunny hopped its way behind the podium before the White House press briefing on Monday.
The bunny greeted journalists and handed out candy to the assembled reporters before White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shooed the bunny away. The Easter Bunny did not take any questions from the reporters.
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“Hop on out of here, hop on out of here,” Jean-Pierre told the Easter Bunny before thanking the bunny for its appearance.
The Easter Bunny was at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll, which President Joe Biden hosted earlier on Monday. The theme for the event was “EGGucation,” the same theme Biden had for his Egg Roll in 2022.
“For the second year in a row, we’ve turned the South Lawn of the White House into a school community, where 30,000 people from across the country will participate in one of the White House’s most cherished traditions. This year’s theme is ‘EGGucation.’ We’re reminding families that it can be fun and that it never stops,” Jean-Pierre said.
The attendees include “thousands of military and veteran families, caregivers, and survivors,” along with families of the USS Delaware and the USS Gabrielle Giffords.
Biden told NBC’s Al Roker that he’s “planning on running” for president in 2024 but is “not prepared to announce it yet.”
The 2023 White House Easter Egg Roll was Biden’s second time hosting the event because it was not held in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Biden, who is Catholic, released a message on Easter Sunday commemorating the holiday as “a day of hope and joy, renewal and rebirth.”
“Today, we hold close the Easter message that nothing — not even death — can match the power of faith, hope, and love,” Biden said in a statement. “And we remember Jesus’ sacrifice and recommit ourselves to love God with all our hearts and to love our neighbors as ourselves, embracing His call to treat one another with compassion. To all those gathering in churches and homes around the world today, happy Easter and may God bless and keep you.”
