WATCH: Handlers Quickly Swarm As 'Operation Hide Joe Biden' Kicks It Up a Notch

On Friday, we learned of a new strategy from the Biden White House that involves the President's infamous handlers converging alongside him during his walks to and from Marine One, creating what essentially is a swarm effect.

The reasons why, of course, revolve in part around concern expressed by staffers of how his solo walks make him look older and also highlight the issues he has when he walks.

"Some Biden advisers have told Axios they're concerned that videos of Biden walking and shuffling alone — especially across the grass — have highlighted his age," Axios reported at the time.

Not long after the report was published, video evidence surfaced that confirmed Biden was indeed employing the calculated election-year strategy.

In an update to this story, further confirmation was noted Tuesday by OANN reporter Monica Paige who shared a clip to her Twitter feed of Biden's handlers attempting to shield him from public scrutiny as he again shuffled to Marine One:

HAPPENING NOW: President Biden leaves for a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware.

He appears to use his aides and staffers as a shield to prevent him from answering any questions from the press.

I wanted to ask him when he will debate President Trump. pic.twitter.com/iEKrseDW3k
— MONICA PAIGE✰OANN (@MonicaPaigeTV) April 30, 2024

RNC Research pointed out in response to the tweet that the Delaware presidential campaign appearance was his only calendar event of the day.

To get a better idea of how this looks in person, check out this clip from another instance, where at various points (starting about halfway into the video) Biden is not even visible to reporters thanks to the swarm of aides around him, including White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre:

REPORTER: "Are you ready to debate Trump now?"

BIDEN (surrounded by handlers): *shuffles inside* pic.twitter.com/UPgjXXMH6R
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 26, 2024

This tactic, of course, is not just about trying to prevent voters from seeing Biden's age and frailty issues. It's also part and parcel of Team Biden's notorious press avoidance strategy, which has been in place since the start of the pandemic when, as a candidate for president, Biden would be tucked safely away in his basement where his staffers could tightly control and manage the goings on, and cut "interviews" short when Biden went off script.

As some of my colleagues here have correctly observed, though, the "swarm" strategy has really only magnified the problems for Biden, especially considering the fact that the people walking alongside him are younger and in better physical shape in comparison to the POTUS.

Further, when and if there are presidential debates between Biden and Trump, Biden won't have the benefit of handlers standing all around him when he walks on and off the stage. The podium will hide some of it, to be sure, but by that point, the national audience will have already been witness to the same Biden mobility issues that we've been documenting for years.

It is what it is, and there is simply no getting around it. The fact that Biden and his staff think they can hide it, though, is just another insult to our intelligence. As to whether or not it works? We'll have to wait a few months to find out.