KJP on Tlaib Censure: Respect Strong Feelings, mindful language; Explain Biden low approval rating

Karine Jean-Pierre On Tlaib Censure By House: “Not Gonna Speak To The Actions That Congress Takes”

“In a bipartisan vote, the House censured Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Does the president believes that that was appropriate?”

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “I’m not gonna speak to the actions that Congress takes”

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Karine Jean-Pierre on Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s call against Israel: “It is important to be mindful about the language that we use”

Source

The House of Representatives formally voted to censure Tlaib. A group of fellow Democratic lawmakers who voted with Republicans on the censure. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment directly on the House voting to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., over her comments on the Israel-Hamas war, but called a rallying cry used by the congresswoman “hurtful” and “divisive.”

KJP on Tlaib Censure: Respect Strong Feelings, mindful language; Explain Biden low approval rating

Key Points

Karine Jean-Pierre On Tlaib Censure By House: “Not Gonna Speak To The Actions That Congress Takes”

“In a bipartisan vote, the House censured Rep

• Does the president believes that that was appropriate
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KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “I’m not gonna speak to the actions that Congress takes”

Karine Jean-Pierre Very Gently Responds To Democrat Rep Rashida Tlaib’s Call For Genocide In Israel

Karine Jean-Pierre: Biden Has “Respect” For “Strong Feelings” About Israel’s Right To Self-Defense

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “We respect that there are strong feelings about the war in Gaza and there are legitimate public debates and concerns about how it is being fought

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Karine Jean-Pierre on Democrat Rep

Transcript Highlights

Transcribed from the video audio:

• White House reached out to the Congresswoman and given that she used a phrase that you just described as divisive and potentially anti-Semitic, does the White House plan have any engagement with her
• Does the President’s side of the Democratic Party, is there a place in the Democratic Party for somebody who uses phrases like that
• We just said we think that we’d strongly disagree in using that phrase
• I mean that is coming from here, from the White House, in a very public way
• It’s been said by many people at the White House
• So we’ve been very, very clear about that
• I don’t have any conversations to read out to you with the Congresswoman
• Just don’t have anything from here at this time to read out
• Very, very clear about using how it is important to be mindful about the language that we use, especially in this time
• The House-centered Congresswoman’s live, does the President believe that that was appropriate, that her comments justify that action