#shorts On 5/23/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “But I want to know what’s happening in the actual rooms.
KJP: I just — I just —
Reporter: They’re not —
KJP: — told you.
Reporter: — talking about the debt ceiling, about how long —
KJP: I just told you —
Reporter: — it would be raised, by how much?
KJP: I —
Reporter: That’s not a subject of discussion?
KJP: I — well, first of all, I — I am telling you what the President has said to all of you.
Reporter: I know what he said. I follow him —
KJP: Okay.
Reporter: — very closely —
KJP: Okay.
Reporter: — every day.
KJP: Okay, well — well then —
Reporter: I want to know what’s happening in that room.

KJP: I — the President has spoken to what he has said to the leaders in that room, to what he has said to Speaker McCarthy in the room. And he’s been very clear. And so he has said, when it comes to the debt limit, it is not negotiable, it should be done without conditions. That’s what he has said, that he has been very clear, when it —

Reporter: But is he living up to that in these talks?

KJP: Well, I will also remind you that yesterday the Speaker and the President said, when it comes to default, it is off the table. And I’ll leave it there. Okay. Let’s keep going.
Reporter: Back row?
KJP: Oh gosh, I — go ahead, Alex. I haven’t seen you in a while.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/njARZuDkGAs
Karine Jean-Pierre Has VERY Tough Time Saying What’s Happening In Debt Limit Negotiations