#shorts On 3/1/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Okay. If I could go back to the question about the D.C. Council action and the likelihood that the Senate will send the President a bill that forces him to make a decision. Is it fair to say the President is at this moment undecided? Has he not yet decided what he’s going to do?

KJP: I’m just not going to get into hypotheticals …

Reporter: Okay. So let me ask you it this way: There –basically there are two ways to look at the question. One is to side with the mayor, who said that the Council’s action went too far and she vetoed it. The other is to side with members of the Council who insisted on enacting it against her objections. But has the President decided where he stands? Does he stand with Mayor Bowser? Does he stand with mayors — members of the Council?

KJP: So, look, what I can say — so as it relates to D.C., I’ll say this and the President has been very clear about this: You know, we think that we must do more to — to … As it relates to more — D.C. more broadly, and the President has said this as well, it’s a clear example of why D.C. deserves statehood. Right? And that’s something that the President has called for since the campaign …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/MC–y6bXSPA
KJP INSISTS Radical Law Is “Clear Example Of Why DC Deserves Statehood