#shorts On 5/23/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Just to be clear on timing, is any date before June 1st, in your eyes, good enough to get this thing done?
KJP: Look, we have to get this done. That’s what I can tell you.
Reporter: I guess the question is: If it — does —
KJP: I — you’re asking —
Reporter: — is, like, Friday the goal, Saturday the goal?
KJP: You’re asking me for a date. I’m going to — I’m going to —
Reporter: Fine. Just wanted to be clear.

KJP: I’m not going to get into dates. What I can say: There’s an urgency. We want to see this done … this could be — you know, this could be done today actually.

Reporter: Well, I guess the reason I ask is because there have been ramic- — ramifications before. We’ve witnessed —

KJP: Absolutely.

Reporter: — this back in 2011. It went down to the wire, and they still beat the X-date, they still got the debt limit raised at the last minute, but then days leter — later, the credit rating was downgraded. How confident are you that, given the dysfunction we’ve witnessed here — it going down to the wire — our credit rating would not be downgraded?

KJP: Look, this is why the President has, Peter — this is why the President, for the last five months, has stated how important and how critical it is to get this done, how critical it is for Congress to do their constitutional duty. This is why you’ve heard an echo from here over and over, and a repetitive one, of how we see — how we think and believe this should have moved forward.

Reporter: And yet, it didn’t happen. So how confident are you that it wouldn’t be downgraded?
KJP: We are — look, we —

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/KeHuw7znSzo
Karine Jean-Pierre: Biden “Has Stated How Important” Debt Ceiling Is “For Last Five Months”