#shorts On 2/2/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Setting entitlements aside for a moment, one of the other things Republicans are saying is that there ought to be a reduction in discretionary spending. Is that something the President is in any way open to, or will he put forward a budget on March 9th that increases discretionary spending?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So I’m not going to get into — get ahead of the President. Right? As you saw from our memo yesterday, the President is going to have his budget on March 9th. He is calling and asking — right? — the Speaker to put forward his budget as well so the American people can see what it is that they’re thinking about

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/3ChMl9Qsvfs
KJP dodges: cut or increases discretionary spending?