But the White House sure was colorfully festooned all through "Pride" Month, wasn't it?
President Biden spent Sept. 11 far from the sites of terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 2,977 Americans 22 years ago, opting instead to send his second-in-command to Ground Zero on Monday.
Vice President Kamala Harris stood between Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at a ceremony honoring the victims of the 2001 attacks in Manhattan -- as Biden returned from Asia and marked the tragedy later in the day at a military base in Alaska.
Harris smiled during a lively conversation with Hochul and stayed for about an hour before catching her return flight to Washington -- as victim names continued to be read aloud by their relatives at the National Sept. 11 Memorial Plaza.
I'm sure she left the ceremony early for the same reason Biden left the MOH ceremony early -- out of concern for the health of the attendees. Biden was worried he'd infect people with covid; Harris must have another communicable disease she's afraid people will catch.
Is there such a thing as Upper Respiratory Herpes? Just asking.
The mayor and VP, by contrast, did not seem to engage in much chatter -- after Adams has repeatedly blasted the White House's handling of the migrant crisis that's draining city resources.
Hochul and Harris were all smiles despite Biden's recent snub of the Democratic governor, who wasn't granted a meeting with him when she visited the White House on Aug. 30 to discuss the rising tide of border-crossers.
Meanwhile, in parody that's so close to the truth you'll say I Can't Believe It's Not News: