On 3/7/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “And then, one last one. Secretary Raimondo suggested that banning TikTok was a bad idea politically because you’d, quote, “literally lose every voter under 35.” The administration’s review of TikTok has been going on for more than two years now, which is — which I think many critics have said suggests some level of foot dragging is — Are these two things related? Is the political concern what is preventing the administration from taking action?
KJP: No, I mean, this is not about a political concern.
Q: Biden FCC nominee calls sad day for our country, unrelenting, dishonest dark money
Reporter: I want to go back to the question about the FCC nominee. Gigi Sohn has a statement to the Washington Post in which she says that her nomination failed because of what she calls “unrelenting, dishonest, and cruel attacks.” She calls it “a sad day for our country…” when — “…and our democracy when dominant industries, with assistance from unlimited dark money, get to choose their regulators.” Is that what’s happened here? Is that why the nomination failed?
KJP: What I can speak to is her candidacy and how important it was for this — for this critical role that she was nominated for. The President clearly nominated her because — and I said this — she was — she was tremendously — she has tremendous intellect and experience. And we thought and we, you know, believed that she was — she would be a — a great — a great — is a great candidate and would have been an excellent political official in this role.
Q: want competition over conflict is seen as weakness by the Chinese? A: I’ve answered this
Reporter: So, with the more direct language — I’m going to ask you about China. With the more direct language from the Chinese president and the foreign minister, is there a concern that the administration line that they want competition over conflict is seen as weakness by the Chinese?
KJP: I’m not sure how it’s seen as weakness when we are more prepared to com- — outcompete China and protect the national security, under this President and because of the work that he’s done.
Reporter: Well, they had
KJP: I’m going to keep going.
Reporter: the Chinese
KJP: I’m going to keep going.
Reporter: but they had the spy
KJP: I’m going to keep
Reporter: the spy balloon.
KJP: I’ve answered this question multiple times.
Q: an increase in payroll taxes on over $400,000 a year A: biggest threat is GOPs
Reporter: The President — this announcement this morning on Medicare — largely paid for that extension through an increase in payroll taxes on those making over $400,000 a year. Can we expect, since the President has also made Social Security a key sort of plank of his economic plan, that we should see a similar increase in Social Security taxes?
KJP: So I’m not going to get into — we shared Medicare today … What we see right now is that, you know, the biggest threat to Social Security are Republicans. And you’ve heard them, you guys have covered them — what congressional Republicans have said, their relentless drive to — to cut these important programs
KJP: J6 Footage Released by Tucker Carlson: “Worst Attack on Our Democracy Since Civil War”
Reporter: Last night, Tucker Carlson cherrypicked video surveillance from the January 6th insurrection, severely downplaying the events of that day. He said the mob was orderly and meek and that they were tourists instead of insurrectionists. What’s your response to Carlson and to Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who granted him access to that video?
KJP: Anybody who watched that video would strongly disagree. Anybody who watched that video in a — with their own eyes, in a real way, and saw what happened on that day would — would disagree with what was just stated.
The President has been very clear: January 6th was the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.
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