On 8/25/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “But the Washington Post editorial board says that — and this”

KJP: And then I’m going to go to the back because we’re running out of time.

Reporter: — doesn’t take — doesn’t help those people, though; that it takes money from the broader tax base, mostly made up of workers who didn’t go to college, to subsidize education debt of people with valuable degrees — so, sort of rebutting what you had just said. But, you know, beyond that, there are critics who are saying this is not about the pandemic, it’s not about those conditions, that this is about getting people to vote ahead of the midterms — that the real national emergency is Democrats in the midterm elections.

KJP: Well, I mean, I disagree with everything that you just laid out … This is historical, what we’re doing. It has never been done before … a hun- — more than $12- — let — let me finish — more than $125,000 …

Reporter: I understand what you’re saying —

KJP: I — I mean, we’ve just — we’ve just — wait — we’ve just gone back. You’ve made your point; I’ve made my point. I’m going to move on, because we are — we are actually running out of time.

Reporter: And then, secondly, what was giving President Biden hesitance about doing this program earlier — or the student loan forgiveness earlier this year? In other words —

KJP: Yeah.

Reporter: — he dragged out this decision for a long time. Was he concerned about inflation? Was he — you know, why didn’t he make this call back in April?

KJP: Well, he wanted to do it in a fiscable [sic] — fiscally balanced way … He made a campaign promise, and he wanted to stick to that campaign promise, which he did. And he actually exceeded that promise.

Reporter: Understood. I’ll let others litigate that … how often should we expect to see the President, going forward, on the campaign trail — this being the, sort of, first formal pre-midterm event? And separately, what do you say to those candidates who don’t want to campaign with him, given his low approval ratings or low popularity, perhaps, in some states? Tim Ryan in Ohio said, we haven’t asked President Biden to come we have no expectation or “no plans” to ask him to campaign. Michael Bennet in Colorado wouldn’t even comment on it.

KJP: So, I’ll say this. Look, Democrats, as we know, have a lot to talk about. They have delivered for the American people, especially as we’ve seen in the last — the last couple of — the last couple of weeks.

I can’t get into — into politics from here, as you know very well, Peter.

Reporter: But it’s not politics. You can tell us —

KJP: Well, no, you asked me —

Reporter: But you control his —

KJP: No —

Reporter: But you control his schedule. You can get into —

KJP: No, no, but you asked me — but you specifically asked me: How much is he going to get out there to campaign? I can’t —

Reporter: Right. But the White House does control his schedule —

KJP: No, wait, I’m about —

Reporter: Okay.

KJP: I’m about to answer. I just want — I’m just saying that with a preface that I need to be careful on what I say.

Reporter: Understood.

KJP: Look, the President loves to go out there …

Reporter: But to those — to those candidates who don’t want him to be with them?

KJP: Again, we have something Democrats, especially the work that congressional Democrats have been —

Reporter: Is the President good with that? Does the President just accept that and says it’s part of the deal?

KJP: Look, the — look, the President appreciates working with a lot of these …

Reporter: — a kind of more political question too, following up. You know, my colleague quoted Tim Ryan in Ohio. A lot of — what a lot of the Democrats have in common — those that have been pushing back and sort of distancing themselves from this announcement — what they have in common is that they’re pretty vulnerable politically or they’re in tough political races. Are you guys worried that you might have put more vulnerable Democrats in a tough spot, that you could have risked some of these races in November?

KJP: …I do want to talk through some polling. So if you look at the targeted student loan forgiveness that — the announcement that you heard from the Department of Education and the President, it’s popular amongst American people. Three recent polls show that the President’s proposal — the 10,000k forgiven — is supported by majority of Americans … So there — the majority of Americans approve of this targeted approach that you heard from this administration, and I think that matters.

Reporter: It seems inevitable at this point. Is the admin prepared for potential legal challenges to the legal basis for the student loan?

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