#shorts On 2/27/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Following up on Karen’s question, is there any concern within the White House or politically that even though the President is not the one responsible for the fact that these benefits may be ending, that we may see polling data two months from now that blame him for more people being in a tough situation or whether the effects that it may have on the economy, if there are more people who are struggling to get basic needs met or have less money to spend on those necessities, is there any concern politically about how the — or how to prevent the President from being blamed for that?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, I’m not going to get into politics from here. I’m not going to certainly give a hypothetical answer to polling — potential polling, which, as we know, is a snapshot in time … I just talked about the student loan. I just talked about how the economy we see is growing because of his economic policy .. how equity has been at the center of everything that this President has done. And as we’re still fighting inflation and trying to lower costs, the President has taken actions because of his economic policy, because of the Inflation Reduction Act — right? — and other pieces of — other actions that he has taken, even through USDA and making sure that we give 1 million children who have been dealing with poverty a little bit of a chance and opportunities I was just talking with Karen. So, look, I get the question about SNAP. I get the question about how, politically, this may look for the President. But it’s not just one thing here. This is — more broadly, if you look at the what the President has done …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ZvPQ8sTt7EI
Politically how to prevent Biden from being blamed for ending SNAP benefits? A:student loan, equity