#shorts On 4/20/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Senator Joe Manchin is calling on the President to negotiate with Speaker McCarthy, accusing him of a “deficiency of leadership.” What is your response to those comments from Senator Manchin? And is there a point where the President’s unwillingness to negotiate becomes unsustainable?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: … they have a strong relationship. The President’s message is pretty simple and has been — it has been very simple this past several weeks, several months: The way to have a real negotiation on the budget is for House Republicans to take threats of default … That means House Republicans need to get to work and stop the delay and put a bill on the for- — on the floor that’s going to avoid default.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/cX9Gx8AY2vc
Manchin calling Biden to negotiate with McCarthy, accusing him of a “deficiency of leadership”