Jean-Pierre Won’t Comment On Biden Repeating Same Story Within Minutes Of Each Other At Fundraiser
On 9/22/2023, during White House Press Brief, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “At a fundrai- — at a fundraiser this week, President Biden told donors about how Charlottesville inspired his campaign. And then, according to the pool, a few minutes later, he told the story again, nearly word for word. What’s up with that?
KJP: … look, the President was making very clear why he decided to run in 2020 and 2019. He made it very clear as to what he saw in this country and what was going on. And he got 81 million votes — a historic amount of votes — from Americans across the country who believed that this was a president who can help get our — protect our democracy, get our economy back on track. And — and could be a leader and the adult in the room. And so, that’s what you saw. I’m not going to speak to comments that were made and — during a campaign — campaign event, but I can certainly speak to why the President is president today and why he decided to take on this job. And it is important for him to continue to deliver for the American people, and that’s what he’s going to do.
Karine Jean-Pierre Waives Off Concerns Over Biden Re-Telling Exact Same Story At Same Event
Reporter: And following up on Peter’s comment about the fundraiser. For — you know, we all understand these are off camera. We were not witnesses to that, except for our pool that was present. But for the President to retell a story we’ve all heard him tell many times —
KJP: Yeah.
Reporter: — in full — and stipulating that we often — as human beings, you know, we misspeak. We do things. I’ve done it myself. So, stipulating all of that —
KJP: Yeah.
Reporter: — is it any concern that he would fully retell a story in the same space in the same event?
KJP: Sometimes I re- — re-speak as well from here and retell a story. But, look, you know, I think it’s important to note that the President was speaking, as you said, at a fundraiser, and he was speaking from his heart.
Reporter: So, you think knowingly and mindfully that he wanted to retell it?
KJP: You know, I have not spoken to the President about it, certainly. But what I can’t say is: The passion that he has when he tells that story and how important it is for him to have done something because he believed, you know, our democracy was at stake.
Karine Jean-Pierre Says Biden Has No Plans To Do Anything To “Avoid A Government Shutdown”
Reporter: Can you expound on what the President is doing and what he will be doing to avoid a government shutdown? I understand you all have been saying that Congress needs to do its job. But surely the President must want to do something to avert this. And is there a possibility that he would at all alter his travel schedule next week?
KJP: Look — look, I don’t have anything to speak to on the President’s travel schedule. But this is — the President did his job. He did. He helped broker a bipartisan agreement back in May to move forward with a budget that, as I mentioned, two thirds of Republicans voted on. He did his part. So, a deal is a deal. This is not something we can fix. The best plan is to not — is to not have a shutdown. The best plan is for House Republicans to stop their partisan political play and not do this to hurt Americans across the country. That’s the plan. The plan is to — for them to actually do their job. The President found it so important — right? — to make sure that there was a bipartisan budget agreement that he did — he — he ma- — he helped brokered that. And, again, a deal is a deal.
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