President Joe Biden ignored instructions from aides and worked the room after giving a belated labor day speech to union leaders and members Wednesday.
'Now, I'm supposed to stop and walk out of the room here,' Biden said as he wrapped up his speech, which had been projected on a teleprompter. 'I'm going to stop, and with your permission, I'm going to walk into the room because I want to say hello to all of you.'
Biden's move comes one day after Politico reported how the president will go rogue - by adding things to scripted speeches or taking questions when aides' suggest he avoid the press - so much that some officials won't watch his events in real-time.
'I know people who habitually don't watch it live for that reason,' one unnamed current official told the publication's West Wing Playbook.
Biden added some cringe to the labor event by talking about how intimately he knew unions.
'By the way, of course, I sleep with a NEA member every night,' Biden told the crowd gathered in the East Room. 'Same one. same one,' he added as attendees applauded.
President Joe Biden works the room after a labor union event Wednesday, after telling the crowd that he was 'supposed to walk out now'
'I'm going to stop, and with your permission, I'm going to walk into the room because I want to say hello to all of you,' Biden told a crowd of labor leaders and members gathered in the East Room
Biden walks through the crowd Wednesday after delivering a belated Labor Day speech about the importance of unions
As a teacher, first lady Jill Biden belongs to the National Education Association labor union. 'Jill had her first day of full time teaching yesterday - this year, back to school,' Biden also added.
Two days after the country marked labor day, Biden hosted labor leaders and members at the White House to double down on his commitment to unions, detailing some of the union-friendly components of the legislation he wants passed.
The president couldn't resist a knock
