#shorts On 2/16/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Has the White House been in touch with Senator Manchin about his comments or his push that there should be talks about the debt ceiling and a reduction in spending?”

KJP: So, I’ll say, more broadly, we are — our team here is in regular communication with Senator Manchin. We have — we’ve had, clearly, a close relationship with him in working on key historic pieces of legislation over the past two years. Look, the President’s stance on negotiation stands — stands — right? — which is he does not believe, as it relates to the debt ceiling, that we should be negotiating.

We should not be — there should not be conditions around this. We should not be negotiating.

And, again, if they want to talk about ways to lower the deficit, like the President has done the last two years — $1.7 trillion. The President has said he — he said yesterday in his — the State of the Union address that his — his fiscal plan, his budget will lower the deficit by another $2 trillion … He mentioned this yesterday in his speech, which is he doesn’t believe that this should be — we should be negotiating.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Pn8DRutTnqo
Q: Manchine push debt ceiling spending reduction? A: not negotiating