Friday was Jen Psaki’s last day as President Biden’s press officer and today the era of Karine Jean-Pierre began. Judging by how many questions have been ignored or simply not answered directly, the transition will be seamless.
Jean-Pierre’s tenure began by reminding reporters of their qualifications and credentials (and by that we mean sexual orientation and immigration history). Jean-Pierre then went on not to really provide an answer to a Question about because President Biden will visit Buffalo, NY tomorrow, but he didn’t feel the need to go to Waukesha.
Moving on, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre about this tweet from @JoeBiden:
Do you want to lower inflation?
Let’s make sure the wealthiest multinationals pay their fair share.
– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 13, 2022
As you can see, Biden’s new press secretary has taken a consecrated approach to this administration, which is pretending not to know what Doocy is referring to followed by refusing to actually answer the question:
DOOCY: “The President’s Twitter account posted the other day … How does raising corporate taxes reduce inflation?”
KJP: “Um, so … are you talking about a specific tweet?” pic.twitter.com/oHl0rGWesY
– Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 16, 2022
That rambling non-answer makes it seem like Jean-Pierre took question answering lessons from Kamala Harris!
“Ah-umm, ahh-umm”. She is doing great
– Go get your glitter box (@billy_bagels) May 16, 2022
There were more “ums” and “uhs” in that non-response than actual words.
He has no idea what @JoeBiden he’s saying, that’s because Joey has no idea how the economy works … https://t.co/CNlKAIYva1
– AmerConservative (@ConservativeAmer) May 16, 2022
In all fairness to Jean-Pierre, there was no way to honestly answer the question on @JoeBiden’s tweet because he’s so incredibly financially illiterate.
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