White Home reporters grilled Karine Jean-Pierre on Joe Biden’s disappearing act on Friday.
Biden has been MIA as lawmakers within the Home combat over a spending invoice.
Karine Jean-Pierre was irritated as reporters requested her the place the hell Joe Biden is.
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CNN’s Arlette Saenz argues there’s “a method” behind President Biden being MIA throughout this authorities funding combat, not that his mind is applesauce. pic.twitter.com/sYVGRgdLu6
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CBS’s Willie Inman requested Karine Jean-Pierre why Biden has not addressed the combat over the continued decision.
“I’m gonna attempt to ask us a distinct means,” Inman requested.
KJP: “Yeah.”
Inman: “The President remains to be in workplace —”
“The American individuals actually haven’t heard from him on whether or not or not the federal government goes to close down. Wouldn’t the message hit in a different way if the president have been on the market, countering the message that we’re listening to from the President-Elect and Elon Musk. Why isn’t he talking on this?” he requested.
Karine Jean-Pierre blamed Republicans.
CBS’s @WillieJames Inman: “I’m gonna attempt to ask us a distinct means.”
KJP: “Yeah.”
Inman: “The President remains to be in workplace —”
KJP: “You’re going to get the identical reply.”
Inman: “— I’m simply gonna attempt. He’s nonetheless in workplace for a month.”
KJP: “Be happy.”
Inman: “The American… pic.twitter.com/WmvMN5rujX
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NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez requested Karine Jean-Pierre why Joe Biden is staying within the background.
“I’ll go on the query in one other means. On this second, is the President main?” NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez requested KJP.
As a substitute of admitting Biden’s mind in is mush, Karine Jean-Pierre blamed Speaker Johnson.
“The President is the President of the US, and he’s main and to be very clear, because it pertains to this, I’ve mentioned this many occasions earlier than, moments in the past, I’ll say it once more, now we have achieved this technique earlier than. This isn’t new the place now we have mentioned Congress must take care of this. That is their primary job is to maintain the federal government open, and there was an settlement on the on the desk, not simply an settlement, a bipartisan settlement. Speaker Johnson created this mess. He wants to repair it. Interval,” Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned.
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NBC’s @GabeGutierrez: “I’ll go on the query in one other means. On this second, is the President main?”
KJP: “The President is the President of the US, and he’s main and to be very clear, because it pertains to this, I’ve mentioned this many occasions earlier than, moments in the past,… pic.twitter.com/cVC6XMl926
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ABC’s Selina Wang requested KJP, “Why hasn’t President Biden mentioned something within the public about this? Don’t the American individuals should know why tens of millions of federal staff might enter this vacation interval with no paycheck?”
KJP as soon as once more blamed Republicans.
ABC’s @SelinaWangTV: “Why hasn’t President Biden mentioned something within the public about this? Do not the American individuals should know why tens of millions of federal staff might enter this vacation interval with no paycheck?”
KJP: “Properly, Individuals must know that Republicans are getting… pic.twitter.com/FeNF5FjS1h
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 20, 2024