On 5/23/2023, Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “The tone in the last few days has been very respectful between the White House and McCarthy’s team. You just said a few moments ago that McCarthy’s team is working in good faith. But this morning, you had House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slamming MAGA Republicans for dangerous default gamesmanship. You had Pete Aguilar saying McCarthy is beholden to the most extreme members of his party. So is House Democratic leadership undermining the work of the administration right now?

KJP: Not at all. We are — we are in line — aligned with them, with the — with the leadership on both the House and the Senate. And — and that continues. And we have been aligned with them for the past several months.

Heinrich: Does Jeffries speak for the party here?

KJP: I believe he’s the leader of the — of the Democratic caucus on the House. So I would presume that is a yes.

Heinrich: So, it just seems like there’s a — a bit of a divide between the rhetoric that he’s using and the rhetoric we’re hearing out of the White House.

KJP: Look, I think multiple things could happen at the same time, because, clearly, Leader Jeffries is a — is a partner in this

Karine Jean-Pierre: “Extreme” To Suggest Dems Doubt Biden’s Ability To Find Solution On Debt Limit
Heinrich: The House — the discharge petition — one more. Is that at all a signal that House Democrats doubt the President’s ability to lead the country to a solution here?

KJP: Well, that’s an extreme analysis or — or a — a final kind of analysis there …

Heinrich: — the discharge petition would be like an end run around what the President is doing?

KJP: Absolutely not. Look, I would — I would refer you to Congress on their processes and what they’re trying to do in Congress. But to say — to say or suggest the President’s leadership is in question, I think, is completely false. I disagree with that — with that premise and certainly with that question. Because if you look at the last two years, if you look at what Democrats have been able to get done with the leadership of this President, that is the complete opposite of what you just laid out.

Karine Jean-Pierre: Biden “Has Stated How Important” Debt Ceiling Is “For Last Five Months”
Reporter: 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 —

Karine Jean-Pierre Claims Biden “Has Been Very Clear” On Debt Ceiling Messaging
Reporter: Let me ask you: Yesterday, we heard from Speaker McCarthy —
KJP: Agreement.

Reporter: — multiple times. He spoke multiple times in the mornings. He spoke multiple times after the meeting took place. We heard from the President very briefly during the meeting. For Americans that feel like they’re not hearing from the President regularly, not hearing from the Vice President regularly, not hearing from Cabinet officials right now, where is the messaging from the White House on this, beyond at this podium?

KJP: Well, you’ve heard from the President multiple times over the weekend. You’ve heard from the President multiple times during the last five months. He’s been very clear. You’ve heard from me … we’ve been very clear for the past five months — I wouldn’t just look at the last

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