#shorts On 1/24/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to call Today News Africa’s Simon Ateba to ask questions.

Ateba: Karine, since you don’t have any answer on the classified documents —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Go ahead. Go ahead.
Ateba: — are you still a great fit for this job?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead, my friend.
Q Because we don’t seem to have any answer from you.
Ateba: Is the press briefing a waste of time?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Go ahead. Go ahead, my friend.

Q Has any meeting been set between the President and the Speaker yet?

In recent years, Ateba has cultivated a reputation as something of a gadfly within the White House press room, gaining notice for his outbursts and tense exchanges in press briefings and his at-times off-the-wall questions.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/sLXuUtaP06o
Ateba: since you don’t have any answer on classified docs, are you still a great fit for this job?