On 2/14/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated, “The President’s Economic Plan is Indeed Working” when confronted with today’s numbers that showed a monthly decline in real wages. Inflation rose 0.5% in January, “more than expected,” and the CPI is up 6.4% from a year ago. Household budgets are strained and stressed. A reporter confronted Karine Jean-Pierre about the decline in real wages, asking, “Numbers came out today that show a monthly decline in real wages… How do you view this setback?” KJP replied, “What we have said many times is we believe the President’s economic plan is indeed working.”
Karine Jean-Pierre gaslighted on Biden’s economy, as costs for groceries and gas are still way up, stating, “Inflation came down for groceries and food at home last month. Gas prices are down about 160 from their peak. Real wages are up, as I mentioned moments ago, over the last seven months for working families.”
Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that Biden’s economic plan is indeed working, as real wages continue to decline, saying, “Numbers came out today that show a monthly decline in real wages, as well as an annual decline in real wages. The administration officials have said growing real wages is an important marker for the economy. How do you view the setback in today’s numbers? So, a couple of things I do want to say that what we have said many times is that we believe that the President’s economic plan is indeed working, and it’s giving people a little breathing room. You heard me say this at the top how we have seen the plan actually working, we see inflation moderate just a bit as we’ve seen the last couple of months, and that is important.”
Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if President Biden is woke, to which she replied, “What the President cares about is exactly what I just talked about and what he talked about at the legislative conference, which is how we’re going to continue to deliver for the American people.”
“I have two questions, uh, and one of the benefits of asking questions this late in the briefing is that you don’t have to be concerned with advancing the story incrementally of the day. You can just ask about sort of broader things. So with that in mind, first on the Communications team, uh, and then on the cultural so-called culture wars. Um, where the president’s Communications are concerned, and I’m asking you because you work on his Communications team, you’re a professional communicator. There is obviously a variety of settings the president can employ: set pieces, impromptu remarks, teleprompter, no teleprompter, etc., etc. Is it the view of the president’s Communications team that he is equally adept in all settings in terms of communications? Are there some that play to greater strength, some where he probably isn’t as strong, etc.? I will tell you this: the president is the best communicator that we have in the White House. If you would, I appreciate it. Sure. Um, one of the most prominent themes that we hear from both elected Republicans and candidates has to do with uh, what is called “wokism”. Um, and we hear about an anti-woke agenda. And this entire subject reminds me of what Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said about obscenity – that he couldn’t define it, but he knew it when he saw it. Uh, and so we hear so much talk about woke capitalism, woke military, and so on. And by way of trying to clarify this for the American people, I wonder if we couldn’t begin with a threshold question: to wit, is President Biden woke? So let me tell you, um, what the president cares about and what’s important to this president. The president doesn’t concern himself about what Republicans are trying to do in creating political stunts, in making an issue out of the things that they feel benefits them politically – not the American people, not what matters to the American people, but what benefits them politically for their own ability to move forward. What the president cares about is exactly what I just talked about and what he talked about at the legislative conference, which is how we’re going to continue to deliver for the American people. You heard him say that at the State of the Union, you heard him talk about how the economy has grown the last two years, the progress that we have made, and guess what? He wants to continue that progress. He wants to continue to move forward, to make sure that we lower the deficit, which he did the first two years by 1.7 trillion dollars, and be fiscally responsible. But he’s – but he’s – but he wants to work with Republicans on how we are going to continue to deliver, how we are going to build on the economic progress that we’re seeing. That’s not what they want to do. What they want to do is they want to cut Social Security.
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KJP: 6.4% CPI, high food prices, Economic Plan is Indeed Working. ‘Is President Biden Woke?’