#shorts On 5/23/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, ” It sounds like the White House is now ruling out invoking the 14th Amendment as an option to get around the debt ceiling. Is that accurate?

KJP: What I can say: It is not — it is not — it is not going to fix the current problem that we have right now, which — Right now, what we — what is going to deal with getting the debt limit done is for Congress — for Congress to act. And that’s what we’ve been very clear on.

Reporter: So, if it won’t fix the current problem, that means that’s not a possibility that the President will pursue.

KJP: I mean — I — look, I — look, I — I’m not going to go beyond what the President has said. He has — he’s made it very clear: It’s not going to solve our problems. That is — that is just where we are. Congress needs to do its job.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre threw cold water on the view that the 14th Amendment could resolve Washington’s debt-ceiling standoff. “It is not going to fix the current problem that we have right now,” she told reporters during a press briefing, after being asked if the Biden White House has ruled out using the amendment. On Sunday, President Joe Biden offered a similar view, saying he believes he has the authority to invoke the 14th Amendment, but it may be too late to go that route.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/njARZuDkGAs
Q: ruling out invoking 14th Amendment? A: very clear: It’s not going to solve our problems