On 12/7/2022, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre managed to have gaffes in one sentence:
1. female Congressmen Lois Frankel
2. tried but failed to pronounce Sen Mazie Hirono’s Name, “Today’s bill was passed thanks to part of — to the extraordinary leadership of Gretchen Carlson and other survivors and advocates, as well as Congress- — Congressmen Lois Frankel and Cheri Bustos and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Mazi [sic] — and Mazie Hirono.”
She also promoted the $10 per month health insurance, “Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, which congressional Republicans want to repeal, four out of five consumers can find a plan that costs $10 or less a month. Additionally, 13 million Americans will continue to save an average of 800 bucks a year on coverage. Open enrollment continues until January 15th, 2023, for states using the HealthCare.gov platforms. Americans without health insurance or those who need to renew it for 2023, should go to HealthCare.gov”
A reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I just want to go back to your comment on “breathing room” that you just said. If you could, with a look ahead, going forward, lay out for us where you think you’ll have the most breathing room. Is it specifically judicial nominees? Kind of, what’s the list of what —
Jean-Pierre: So we’ve been very clear —
Reporter: — what you get out of this?
Jean-Pierre: — that judicial nominees is a — is a priority for this President. That’s something, clearly, that we want to move forward on and continue — continue our successes. We’ve — you’ve seen the success of judicial nominees as it relates to this President’s first two years, making sure that we have put forth a historic amount of Black women to — you know, to judgeships. And so the President wants to continue to do that. Our nominations, as well — moving forward on that. So that is something that we have said. Those are clearly priorities.
Reporter: on the National Defense Authorization Act, it doesn’t include a military COVID vaccine mandate. Is the President’s objection to removing that mandate so strong that he’s willing to veto the NDAA?
Jean-Pierre: … I will note — just to be very, very clear here — what we saw, what we think happened here is Republicans in Congress have decided that they’d rather fight against the health and wellbeing of our troops than protecting them. And we believe that it is a mistake what we saw — what we saw happen on the NDAA, as it relates to the vaccine mandate.
Reporter: following up on Kristen’s question about the assault weapons ban push from the President, he said specifically, on Thanksgiving, that he was going to count the votes to see if there were enough votes to do anything during the lame duck. Has he counted the votes? Has he made any determination?
Jean-Pierre: Look, I don’t have any determination to share with you at this time. What I can say is the President is committed …
Reporter: Do you expect him to make a determination on votes in the lame duck in the near future?
Jean-Pierre: Look, there’s — there’s a lot happening — right? — in the next couple of weeks. I just said whether this happens in the next three weeks or beyond, this is — continues to be a priority for this President.
Reporter: Karine, sorry to push again one more time, to follow up on Kristen and Catherine. I hear what you’re saying, that the President has always and will always push for … I think the difference is that he himself went a step further and said — in response to whether that would happen during the lame duck session, he said, “I got to make that assessment as I get in and start counting the votes.” So I guess my question is: I know you said a determination hasn’t been made, but has he started counting the votes? Are there conversations between him and lawmakers about where they stand?
Jean-Pierre: So, look, the President has always been very clear … You know, I get the question. And I just answered — kind of answered it and said, “Don’t have a determination for you at this time.” But what I can say is, it doesn’t matter if it’s the next three weeks or beyond, the President is going to continue to fight for this …
Reporter: But the question to him was specifically about these next three weeks.
Jean-Pierre: I — I hear you.
Reporter: So I know there’s no determination, but I —
Jean-Pierre: And I — I actually — I just answered that question. (Laughs.)
Reporter: But I just — can you just tell us whether that process has started, to count the votes?
Jean-Pierre: I — I — look, I don’t have a — I don’t have anything else to preview.
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KJP 2 gaffes in one sentence; $10/month health insurance; priority forward: black women