#shorts On 1/19/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “On the debt limit: I know that the White House says that you’re not going to negotiate with Republicans on, sort of, you know, concessions or anything tied to it. Does that mean that the White House, the President is dissuading other Democrats on the Hill from engaging in those conversations and those negotiations with Republicans?

MS. Jean-Pierre: What we’ve been very clear about is that in the last administration, the debt ceiling was dealt with three times — three times in a bipartisan way. And so that’s what the President wants to see. That is a — that is a — it is their constitutional duty for Congress to deal with this issue. And, again, it’s been done in a bipartisan way, and we should not put the full faith and credit of — of our country in — take it hostage. Right? We should not do that. And so that’s what we’ve been very clear about. It’s been done in a bipartisan way the last three times under — three times under the last administration. And that’s what we want to see.

Reporter: So just to be clear, if Democrats and Republicans — in a bipartisan way — reach an understanding, reach an agreement as it relates to the debt limit, the President would accept that?

MS. Jean-Pierre: What we — we’ve been — we’ve been very clear there should not be any negotiations around here. We should not be stepping around dealing with the debt ceiling. We’ve been incredibly clear here. This is an issue that is a concept — the basic — the basic duties of Congress to take care of

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/OgpYoz3MBGA
Q: Biden dissuading other Dems debt limit negotiations with Republicans