#shorts On 3/6/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “why didn’t the White House or the President give Mayor Bowser a heads up that —
KJP: I just told you that they’re in constant communication with the team, including last week.
Reporter: Okay. And they — and the White House told —

KJP: I’m just not — I’m just not going to get into specifics.
Reporter: Okay. So, not going to address that.
KJP: But I can tell you that our intergovernmental affairs office was in contact with her office last week.
Reporter: Okay. That doesn’t exactly address the question, but I understand.
KJP: I’m just telling you that we were in contact with them.

Reporter: And secondly, has — why, if the White House cites Mayor Bowser’s opposition to the bill, why do they want to do something that she considers an indignity to her city?

KJP: Say that again.

Reporter: If the White House is going to cite Mayor Bowser’s opposition to the crime bill to say why the President should sign the override legislation, why does the White House want to do something that the mayor considers an indignity to the city — that’s something that she opposes?

KJP: But she also didn’t — did not approve of the piece of the legislation as well.
Reporter: But the process by override, she says, is an indignity.

KJP: So, let’s step back for a second. We talked about this for two days last week, and still going to tell you exactly what I said last week …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/KwKoFHReBqM
DC, We talked about this for two days last week, and still going to tell you exactly what I said last week