#shorts On 9/6/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “But he didn’t put it back on. Is he out of practice? Is he, like so many Americans, in a different phase?

KJP: Look, I — what I can say is: We got to put this all in context. Afterwards, we — we planned for the President to leave when there was pause in the program so that it would minimize — it would minimize him being in the room. He did just that. And I also would — would want to add is: Before the — the event started, the President spent a good amount of time with the captain — Captain Taylor — and his family. And everybody was masked because he wanted to spend that quality, important time hearing from this hero, hearing his stories, and really thanking him one on one — also with his family around him.

And so, the President, in every way that we could, yesterday, followed the CDC guidelines. And, again, he had — yes, he had his — his mask off briefly. And then when — when there was a pause, he walked out.

Reporter: Just very quickly, should those guidelines still be the same? They’re a year old now.

KJP: That is —

Reporter: Do you stand by those recommendations?

KJP: That is not for me to speak to. It truly isn’t. This is something that CDC decides on. They are the experts. They — they are the ones who — who, certainly, provide the guidelines. It is not for me to speak to.

Q: Is he out of practice? A: We got to put this all in context, we planned to minimize