HYGONews Week’s Most Popular Stories 12/11; KJP gaffes, bailout union pension, Twitter mischaracter

Read prepared answers ahead of questions: sorry I got ahead; On 12/5/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “One last thing. Senator Shaheen has a statement. She’s apparently not coming to the ball tonight.”

KJP: Oh. Okay. Reporter: She’s upset that the President endorsed a proposal to put South Carolina ahead of New Hampshire. And she says that New Hampshire is now vulnerable for her party, which — does the President have a response to that?

KJP: … it is the ultimate irony, you know, that the 2020 election was — was proven by the Trump administration’s Homeland — oh, sorry — I think I got ahead of myself there. We take the law very seriously here

Pro-Union Biden used $36B taxpayer (largest) money to bailout union pension fund: On 12/9/2022, Jean-Pierre said, “The President announced historic relief to protect the hard-earned pensions of hundreds of thousands of union workers and retirees thanks to the American Rescue Plan.” On 12/8/2022, President Joe Biden announced he will pump $36 billion into a union pension plan to prevent drastic benefit cuts for pensioners, just a week after he signed a railroad labor deal opposed by several union organizations.

Biden has declared himself the most pro-union president in history. He filled several positions at the National Labor Relations Board, the nation’s top labor arbiter, with influential union leaders such as Jennifer Abruzzo, a former attorney for the Communications Workers of America. He has pushed Congress to pass the PRO Act, which would end right-to-work laws in more than a dozen states that ban union membership as a term of employment.

The announcement marks the largest federal award for retiree pensions in history and is funded by Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, according to the White House. The $36 billion will go to the Central States Pension Fund, which is for mostly Teamster union members. The $36 billion amounts to about half of the available federal funds for pension relief under the American Rescue Plan. The pension fund, which covers 350K members, was at risk of cuts as high as 60%, but the White House said the fund will now be stable until at least 2051.

Biden: Tim Cook of Apple I hope they’re treating you well On 12/6/2022, Joe Biden gave his remarks at the Phoenix, Arizona facility of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which is building a second plant. He said, “Tim Cook of Apple. Where are you, Tim? He buys a few of these little chips. And he’s a — he’s a small customer here at this outfit between 25 and 35% of their — but, anyway. I hope they’re treating you well.”

Q: watching closely Twitter Hunter files A: mischaracterized, old news, distraction & coincidence On 12/5/2022, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich asked Jean-Pierre, “on Twitter, because you guys said you’re keeping a close eye on Elon Musk’s ownership. And I’ve — this is the first time we’ve talked to you since he released the files a few days ago. Is it the White House view that decisions at Twitter were made appropriately in terms of decisions to censor this reporting ahead of the elec?”

KJP: Let me — you see — you mischaracterize, actually, what I — what I actually said, and took it out of context when you asked your question. Look, when I answered the question — and I already — I actually already addressed this — about how the White House and the administration is seeing what’s happening on Twitter, we were — we follow also what’s going on just like you guys are reporting it, just like you guys are seeing. And what I was commenting to is like, yes, we’re seeing what is happening, just like you all are seeing what’s happening with Twitter. So, just want to clear that up because you definitely mischaracterized what I said or put it out of context. And so, can you ask your question again?

Heinrich: Yes. My question was that you had said, I think, six or so days ago that the White House was watching closely the situation at Twitter after Elon Musk’s ownership of it with respect to misinformation. And because these files were released on the basis of, you know, hacked materials clause at Twitter, decisions were made to censor reporting leading up to the election. My question was: Is it the White House view that these decisions were made appropriately, in light of what has come out?

KJP: Which decisions? By whom? Heinrich: By Twitter.

KJP: By Twitter on —l okay. So, look, we see this as a — an interesting or a coincidence, if I may, that he would so haphazardly — Twitter would so haphazardly push this distraction that is a — that is full of old news, if you think about it … Look what is happening, it’s not — frankly, it’s not healthy. It won’t do anything to help a single …we see this as interesting, you know, coincidence

HYGONews Week’s Most Popular Stories 12/11; KJP gaffes, bailout union pension, Twitter mischaracterized