"President Biden is crisscrossing the country at a rate that often exceeds his predecessors' travel schedules, talking to the American people about their lives and the issues that matter most to them," deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told Politico in response to Democratic criticism of the president's light public schedule and aversion to press conferences. It's all part of an "aggressive, modern, all-of-the-above communities and digital strategy," Bates said.