Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly left the White House Briefing Room on Monday after she was confronted over the Biden administration's decision to send a new tranche of money to Lebanon.
Just days after Hurricane Helene ravaged Appalachia, the State Department announced it will send approximately $157 million to Lebanon for "humanitarian assistance." At the same time the U.S. was sending taxpayers' hard-earned dollars to the Middle East, President Joe Biden sent congressional leaders a letter urging them to replenish disaster relief funds.
'If he has got money for people in Lebanon right now without Congress having to come back, what does it say about his values that there is not enough money right now for people in North Carolina who need it?'
At the press briefing on Monday, Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy asked about the confusing juxtaposition.
"The administration has money to send to Lebanon without Congress coming back, but Congress does have to come back to approve money to send to people in North Carolina," he noted before asking, "Do I have that right?"
Jean-Pierre, however, did not answer the question.
Instead, she said repeatedly the Biden administration "take[s] this very seriously" while boasting about financial assistance already sent to disaster areas. She said nothing, though, of Biden's request for Congress to authorize more disaster funds while at the same time sending taxpayer money to Lebanon.
Doocy immediately called out the glaring problem — using Biden's own words.
"But President Biden is fond of saying, 'Show me your budget, and I will tell you what you value.' If he has got money for people in Lebanon right now without Congress having to come back, what does it say about his values that there is not enough money right now for people in North Carolina who need it? That’s not misinformation," Doocy responded.
"Your whole premise of the question is misinformation, sir," Jean-Pierre fired back.
"Excuse me?!" replied Doocy. "Which part?"
Despite leveling the serious charge, Jean-Pierre could not explain how Doocy's question was "misinformation." Rather, she claimed that Biden's request is "nothing new" and that it is Congress' responsibility to give disaster areas more relief funds.
"This is nothing new. Congress comes together. They provide millions of dollars for disaster relief. We’re asking them to do the job that they have been doing for some time," Jean-Pierre said.
"I'm reading from a letter that President Biden sent to Johnson, McConnell, Schumer, and Jeffries. The president's letter is not misinformation. Would you agree?" Doocy responded.
"No, the way you're asking me the question is misinformation," Jean-Pierre claimed.
"You can't call a question that you don't like 'misinformation.' That's very unfair," Doocy corrected.
When Jean-Pierre attempted to clarify her position — confirming once again that she meant, "We're going to need additional funding" — Doocy struck once again.
"That's exactly what I just asked about, and you said it was misinformation," he pointed out, referring to the additional funding.
In the end, Jean-Pierre demanded Congress return from recess to "do their job and provide extra assistance." She then personally attacked Doocy, telling him that he "may not want that, but that's OK" before abruptly ending the press conference and departing the briefing room.
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Ironically, the anti-hate speech party is the same one perpetuating the violence-inducing anti-Trump rhetoric by continuing to liken him to Hitler, spread the message that he’ll end democracy, rule as a dictator, and even imprison certain groups.
Even though Trump has escaped two attempts to assassinate him now, the left continues to use the same language, leading many to fear that the political violence directed toward him will only continue.
When Fox News’ Peter Doocy pointed this out in a press conference, House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s response can only be described as gaslighting at its finest.
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“It's been only two days since somebody allegedly tried to kill Donald Trump again, and you're here at the podium in the White House briefing room calling him a threat. How many more assassination attempts on Donald Trump until the president and the vice president and you pick a different word to describe Trump other than threat?” Doocy asked.
“I actually completely disagree with the premise of your question. The question that you’re asking, it is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you’re asking it because American people are watching,” Jean-Pierre began before launching into a jeremiad about how much the Biden-Harris administration has always condemned political violence.
“And to say that from an administration who has consistently condemned political violence, from an administration where the president called the former president and was thankful, grateful that he was OK, from an administration who has called out January 6, called out the attack of Paul Pelosi, called out and said we need to lower the temperature after the Butler incident — and now for you to make that kind of, of comment in your question ... your question involved a comment and a statement and that is also incredibly dangerous when we have been very clear in condemning political violence from here,” she continued.
After that grand display of gaslighting, she turned the conversation toward January 6 and used it as a justification for calling Trump a threat.
“What I have said about the former president about January 6 is facts that you all have reported. It is fact. When you have a former president who basically says that the results of the election were not the results of the election when dozens of more than 60 Republican judges said that it was a free and fair election — more than 60 said it was indeed a free and fair election. You had more than 2,000 people who were told to go to the Capitol. It was one of the darkest days of our democracy,” she ranted, adding that there were “law enforcement officers who died because of what happened at the Capitol.”
“They were there because the former president told them to go there. I mean, I don't know if that's not a threat in our democracy when it was one of the darkest days of our democracy — January 6, one of the darkest days — and so we have been very clear from here. ... It is welcome to have those disagreement on the economy, on health care, on foreign policy, but when you start bringing up political rhetoric, that is not OK,” she said.
Despite her lengthy attempt to shut him down and steer the conversation in a different direction, Doocy wasn’t deterred.
“But to your point, there are people watching at home who might miss the part where you say ‘let's lower the temperature,’ and there are mentally unstable people who are attempting to kill political candidates, attempting to kill Donald Trump, and they are still hearing this White House refer to him as a threat. Is there no concern that people are taking that literally?” he pressed.
“We’re using examples. We’re not just saying that to say it. January 6, Peter. January 6. Wait, January 6. How many times do you have to — January 6, 2021,” she fired back.
Dave can’t help but laugh at the ridiculousness of her “belabored” language.
“She’s accusing Peter Doocy of being dangerous” when he was “just asking if the Biden administration could lower the temperature, and that somehow is dangerous,” he laughs.
To see the footage of the press conference, watch the clip above.
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Is the media coordinating with Democrats to claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was never the border czar?
On Thursday, Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy confronted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over a card with talking points that is being distributed to Democrats on Capitol Hill.
'Do you think that the border would be less of a talking point now if there was less migration to the border, say, if somebody had to address root causes of migration?'
That card claims Harris was never "border czar," insists a "border czar" position never existed, and claims Republicans "invented" the title. She was tasked only with combating the "root causes" of migration from a small group of Central American nations, the talking points claim.
And of course: The card insists that Harris succeeded at her job, whatever it actually was.
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“Democrats on Capitol Hill are being handed this card with talking points about the vice president and the border. Do you know who’s handing this out?" Doocy asked.
"I have no idea. You probably should ask her campaign," Jean-Pierre responded with a smirk.
When Doocy pressed the issue, Jean-Pierre predictably blamed Republicans and Donald Trump for the border crisis. Her response, however, only provided Doocy with ammunition for a follow-up question.
"Do you think that the border would be less of a talking point now if there was less migration to the border, say, if somebody had to address root causes of migration?" he asked.
The question, of course, hits at the heart of the issue. Even if Harris was only in charge of the "root causes" of the migration crisis, it's clear she failed at her job because the border crisis has been a significant problem for the entirety of the Biden presidency.
Unfortunately, Jean-Pierre did not answer Doocy's follow-up question. Rather, she again blamed Republicans for the problems that occurred under the watch of President Joe Biden and Harris.
Meanwhile, the media's narrative about Harris — that she was never "border czar" — matches the talking points on the card.
And while it's true that Harris never received the official title "border czar," no one disputed that Harris was tasked with the job of a border czar for the last three years.
Only when Biden ended his re-election campaign and Harris became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee did the media begin to claim it wasn't true.
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Who makes decisions after President Joe Biden goes to bed? That's the pressing question Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy confronted the White House with on Tuesday.
Last week, Biden told a group of Democratic governors that he plans to stop working after 8 p.m. so that he can go to bed early.
'He has a team that lets him know of any news that is pertinent and important to the American people.'
The comments raised eyebrows after Biden's debate preparation schedule was made public: He didn't begin preparations until 11 a.m., and his staff always scheduled him an afternoon nap. Biden, moreover, typically has a late start to his work day and has few evening events scheduled. He also has a history of missing evening meetings on international trips.
At the White House press briefing, Doocy asked the natural follow-up question to Biden's schedule, which is much less robust than those his predecessors maintained.
"Say that the Pentagon at some point picks up an incoming nuke; it's 11:00 p.m. Who do you call? The first lady?" Doocy asked.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre could have answered the question any number of ways. One might have expected her to say that in such a critical situation, staffers would awaken the president so that he could carry out his constitutional duty as commander in chief.
But she didn't take that route.
"He has a team that lets him know of any news that is pertinent and important to the American people," she responded. "He has someone — or — that is decided, obviously, with his National Security Council on who gets to tell him that news."
A team.
Doocy presumably invoked first lady Jill Biden because former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) revealed this week that he attended White House meetings at which she was present. This, of course, is highly unusual.
Later in the briefing, Doocy asked Jean-Pierre about the first lady's presence at those meetings, and she denied that Jill makes any decisions for her husband.
It is notable, however, that Jean-Pierre did not dispute McCarthy's claim that Jill attends Oval Office meetings.
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Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy fact-checked the White House on Tuesday for claiming President Joe Biden is the victim of "cheap-fake" videos.
On Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre accused "right-wing" media of circulating "cheap-fake" videos of the president that show him appear to freeze up or wander off during public events while looking mentally confused and frail. The videos are "misinformation" and "disinformation," Jean-Pierre claimed, evidence the "right-wing" media have a "credibility problem."
'A cheap fake is just if a clip is cut shorter than they want, or from an angle that they don't like.'
What Jean-Pierre did not include in her diatribe is the fact that one of the videos in question originated with a journalist from the Hollywood Reporter, hardly a "right-wing" media outlet.
But on "Fox & Friends," Doocy provided critical context to the videos and why the Biden administration is attacking them.
"She referred to 'cheap-fakes' and also 'deepfakes' while dismissing these clips. But there's an important difference: A deepfake is if somebody is using AI or some other software to change the things that President Biden is doing or saying. A cheap-fake is just if a clip is cut shorter than they want, or from an angle that they don't like," Doocy explained.
"Both of them are the same, though, in that they are both being used as terms to scapegoat as this White House just does not want people to think that the things they see on social media are as they appear," he added.
Even if the videos lack context the White House wants, Doocy reminded viewers the videos themselves aren't manipulated.
"There is something to the fact that a lot of these clips are lacking context. That doesn't mean that the things people see are not happening," he pointed out.
"These clips are not being manipulated with AI," he explained. "The thing is: Every video that you see on the internet is in some way edited or clipped unless you're rewatching an entire livestream of something played back from start to finish. Everything is cut at some point. And White House officials just want the clips to be way longer so that people can see way more context."
The White House's assault on the so-called "cheap-fake" videos is probably not a winning PR strategy.
That's because the scenarios the videos highlight are not isolated incidents; they've been happening for the entirety of Biden's presidency. And it's probably not a good idea to lecture voters that their own eyes are lying to them.
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Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy ruffled feathers at the White House on Tuesday by asking about President Joe Biden's recent meeting with Hallie Biden.
Over the weekend, President Biden made a "surprise nighttime visit" to the home of Hallie Biden, the New York Post reported. Hallie is the widow of Biden's son Beau and the former girlfriend of Biden's other son, Hunter Biden. During the visit, the two shared a "brief private talk," according to the report.
'I think the American people should also be told the full breadth of this.'
The visit raised eyebrows because it came less than two weeks before Hunter Biden's trial for gun crimes begins. Hallie Biden is expected to testify as a witness for prosecutors.
On Tuesday, Doocy asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the conversation between Biden and Hallie.
"Why did President Biden have a private meeting with a witness who plans to testify in court against his son?" Doocy asked. "... Hallie Biden is a key government witness who allegedly disposed of a gun that Hunter is accused of buying illegally. President Biden was at her house this week."
But Jean-Pierre was clearly annoyed with the question.
"I think the American people should also be told the full breadth of this," she huffed, claiming the visit was to mark the ninth anniversary of Beau's tragic passing.
"He visited her ... days before the anniversary of the passing of his son, and she is family. She was married, obviously, to his late son. And I think that is something also to mention as you're asking your question to me," Jean-Pierre added.
But Doocy quickly spotted what was missing from Jean-Pierre's answer.
"So they did not talk about her testimony?" he followed up.
"This was not about that. This was about literally the ninth anniversary of the passing of his son that is upcoming in days," the press secretary responded.
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Last week, special counsel David Weiss submitted trial briefs indicating that he plans to call Hallie Biden as a witness.
At the time of Hunter Biden's alleged crime — lying on an ATF 4473 form about his drug use — the first son was in a romantic relationship with his late brother's widow. Hallie Biden allegedly took the gun that Hunter purchased in October 2018 and disposed of it in a garbage can not far from a school.
In additional to Hallie, prosecutors plan to call two other Hunter Biden exes as witnesses. Each woman will purportedly testify about Hunter's drug use.
Hunter's trial is scheduled to begin on June 3.
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In a largely congenial pre-Thanksgiving press conference, Karine Jean-Pierre served the White House press corps a turkey dinner and expressed her gratitude for all the media have done for the Biden-Harris administration over the past four years. “Thank you. No, really, I mean that,” Jean-Pierre, who was wearing a tall, black pilgrim hat, gushed from […]
Without a commitment to toning down the incendiary rhetoric and restoring a semblance of balance in news reporting, the risk of a catastrophic incident of political violence will only increase.
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