#shorts On 2/2/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Can you help us just clarify what his position then, a little more, is on deficit reduction? Like, you’re saying, “McCarthy, hey, give us your plan.” Is your plan — the President sort of let out dribs and drabs of his views here and there. So, just so I understand correctly: He is opposed to any cuts to Medicare and Social Security, including changes to eligibility? He’s open to other spending reductions over the medium term, including potentially defense?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I want to be very careful here, because what the President has been very clear about is: What is their plan? He wants to see their plan as it relates to the budget, right? So, the President is going to put out his budget on March 9th. You guys will all get to see that. And so we want to see what their plan is.

I’m not going to — to get ahead of that particular piece when it comes to the budget.

Reporter: Right. You’re trying to put the debt ceiling aside, and I hear you. Does he want a fiscal reform deal aside from the — like, does the President want a deal with Republicans on it?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, he wants to see what — what is their — what are they putting forth, what is their idea of dealing with fiscal — right? — fiscal priorities. What does that look like for them?

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/3ChMl9Qsvfs
Q: is he open to other spending reductions? A: we want to see what their plan is