White House Correspondents' Association protests 'unacceptable' lack of press access at Biden's Quad Summit

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) called the lack of press access from the Biden administration for this weekend's Quad Summit "unacceptable" Thursday.

Biden will speak with leaders from Australia, India and Japan on Friday and Saturday at his Wilmington, Delaware home. Reporters, however, will not be allowed to cover these meetings with the White House citing "security concerns."

WHCA president and Politico correspondent Eugene Daniels said in an email to press obtained by Fox News Digital, "The lack of access to the president of the United States for these bilateral meetings due to a location chosen by the White House is unacceptable to the WHCA."

In a message to the White House, Daniels said, "My understanding is that the current posture of the administration is for the press to only see the leaders drive in with no eyes, or cameras on POTUS in this historic moment. I can’t remember a time where this president has had a bilateral meeting on US soil and the press and therefore the American people were blocked from seeing it,"

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He continued, "And the WHCA’s position is that shouldn’t be the case this time either. [We] have talked through different scenarios and possibilities for the pool to be able to cover these moments. While we understand that there are security concerns, it’s essential for the public to have direct and independent press accounts of the greetings at the very least."

"[Press staff] has also walked me through what’s happening at the high school and all of that sounds very in line with these kinds of summits, but I request the administration rethink its posture on the bilateral access