During a recent White House press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was corrected by several fed-up reporters. KJP suggested that the press is permitted to ask questions “every time a head of state visits.” However, multiple reporters shot back at her, correcting her statement.
The situation unfolded when a White House reporter questioned the press secretary on Joe Biden’s meeting with Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. Reporters then confronted Jean-Pierre regarding the lack of access to the president when he meets with other world leaders.
“As you know, this is a president that takes shot at questions often but the two plus two is not a unilateral decision. It is a decision that happens with the visiting country in coordination with them,” KJP added. Watch a clip of the chaotic press conference below:
The American Tribune also reported on another recent controversy involving a statement from Karine Jean-Pierre. The White House spokeswoman received substantial backlash from conservatives after she criticized Texas law SB4, claiming that it would “sow chaos and confusion.”
“We fundamentally disagree with the Supreme Court’s order allowing Texas’ harmful and unconstitutional law to go into effect. S.B. 4 will not only make communities in Texas less safe, it will also burden law enforcement, and sow chaos and confusion at our southern border. S.B. 4 is just another example of Republican officials politicizing the border while blocking real solutions. We remained focused on delivering the significant policy changes and resources we need to secure the border – that is why we continue to call on Congressional Republicans to pass the bipartisan border security agreement, the toughest and fairest set of border reforms in decades,” an official statement from KJP read.
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