President Joe Biden returned to the White House on Wednesday evening from a campaign event at the nearby Mayflower Hotel. Upon his return, he requested his advisers to assemble a basic outline of remarks on the protests in case he needed to address the situation.
According to three White House officials, Biden and his closest aides engaged in a collaborative process to incorporate Biden's edits into the remarks. This process resulted in a final decision and draft being produced in the early hours of Thursday morning.