#shorts On 3/1/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Because everybody who has their own budget at home has to have a plan B.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I totally — I — I hear you, Peter. And you asked me what the message was to the American people. You heard — I just laid out … look, we do not — we do not — again, we do not have another plan. This is our plan. This is it … We believe that we have the legal authority. That’s why we took it to the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court.

Reporter: Just to be clear, though: So you don’t have another plan? Which is to say for those other — and you have those individuals’ backs, which is to say, if this is rejected though, there isn’t anything in the works right now —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What —
Reporter: — by this administration to have their —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What I’m saying to you, Peter —
Reporter: — back going forward? They would be —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What I’m saying — what I’m saying to you, Peter, is: This is our plan. It is a good plan because how it helps Americans across the country, especially working Americans, middle-class Americans. So this is our plan. And you heard it. You heard it. The reason I mentioned the folks that were in front —

Reporter: I get it. I’m just asking on behalf of —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — of the Supreme Court.
Reporter: — those folks that have tens of thousands they owe. What should they do?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: (Laughs.) I — and — and —
Reporter: So what should they do?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: And I sa- — and I said —
Reporter: Do they need to start saving money?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — they should know that we are going to continue to fight, that we feel strong in our legal authority here.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/KJVRT0Mq74M
Q: Do they need to start saving money? A: we are going to continue to fight, strong legal authority