Karine Jean-Pierre Storms Out After Doocy’s Question on Lebanon Funding
“You can’t call a question you don’t like misinformation.”
Fox News’s Peter Doocy confronted Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the $157 million going to Lebanon while Americans struggle in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Reasonable question.
Except KJP called it “misinformation.”
“You can’t call a question you don’t like misinformation,” Doocy responded.
The question angered KJP to the point where she stormed out of the room:
PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: On the issue of funding, the administration has money to send to Lebanon without Congress coming back. But Congress does have to come back to approve money to send to people in North Carolina — do I have that right?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Here’s what I will be very clear about. The president and the vice president has had a robust, whole-of-government response to this — hundreds of millions of dollars. I said it at the top — more than $200 million that we have directly put toward survivors here for disaster help. And that is because of this president’s commitment to make sure we are there for communities that are impacted. We take this very seriously.
We take this very seriously and before the hurricane hit, we prepositioned more than 1,500 federal folks on the ground to help. We have made sure that every state has gotten their storm-requested emergency declaration. They requested it and we made sure that they received it. We have taken this very seriously. More than $200 million that we have provided to the impacted areas.
And but instead, people want to do disinformation/misinformation which is dangerous. Which is dangerous. Because when folks on the ground hear that, they may not want to ask for the help that they need. That is there for them. That is there for them. That is our focus here.
PETER DOOCY: President Biden is fond of saying, “Show me your budget and I will tell you what you value.” If he has money for people in Lebanon right now without Congress having to come back, what does it say about his values — there’s not enough money right now for people in North Carolina who need it. That’s not misinformation.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Wait, no it is, your whole premise of the question is misinformation, sir. Yes, it is.
PETER DOOCY: Which part?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: I just mentioned to you that we provided more than $200 million to folks who are impacted in the area, and I just shared with you that people are deciding not to — people are deciding not to —
PETER DOOCY: The president went to Congress and said there is not enough money.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: We are talking about the SBA disaster loan.
PETER DOOCY: That’s money for people in North Carolina.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: And that’s important and people in North Carolina need that. This is — Peter, this is nothing new. Congress comes together, they provide money, millions of dollars for disaster relief. We are asking them to do the job that they have been doing for some time. Doing for some time.
PETER DOOCY: The president’s letter is not misinformation. Would you agree?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: No. The way you are asking me the question is misinformation. There is money that we are allocating to the impacted areas and there is money there to help people who truly need it. There are survivors who need the funding, who need the funding, and it is there.
I said that we have the money available to help survivors of Hurricane Helene and also Hurricane Milton. Now there’s going to be a shortfall because we don’t know how bad Hurricane Milton is going to be. So we are going to need additional funding. We are going to need additional funding.
PETER DOOCY: That’s exactly what I just asked about and you said it was misinformation
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: What you’re asking is why Congress needs to come back and do its job.
Before she stormed out, KJP added: “That’s what you’re asking me. Congress needs to come back and do their job and provide extra assistance, extra funding for the disaster relief fund. That’s what Congress needs to do. You may not want that, but that’s okay. That’s what this president wants, and that’s what the vice president wants.”
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Seems Karine Jean Pierre is not getting as much Affirmative accommodation as she is used to, and cannot handle the pressure.
Pretty much right. She was used to throwing a fit and dropping the racist, lesbian, female lines and having everyone back down so she could get her way. Someone should have told that twit she is in the big boy league.
They always fail up.
At least she wasn’t seen in a high-priced men’s clothing store shopping for suits like DHS Sec Mayorkas as people suffer in N. Carolina.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-harris-administration/dhs-sec-mayorkas-shops-for-high-end-menswear-as-mass-power-outages-continue-in-north-carolina/
“…people want to do disinformation/misinformation which is dangerous. Which is dangerous.’
Like calling a leading presidential candidate ‘Hitler’ and ‘an existential threat to our democracy”
Like that, you gaslighting buffoon?
A question is not misinformation. A question is a question. Dissembling and gaslighting a response to a question is misinformation. So given who was asking, and who was answering in this exchange, you can tell where the misinformation is coming from
Not true, actually. A question is not just a question, it carries a premise. “When did you stop beating your wife” is not an honest question, it’s misinformation.
In this case, Doocey’s question presumes that the FEMA money has already run out, and so there is nothing to give NC what it needs. And KJP repeatedly tells him, but he refuses to hear, that the money hasn’t run out yet, and NC is getting all it needs, but that it’s projected that Milton will require more money than is left, so there will need to be a supplementary appropriation. That’s all.
(I’m not expressing an opinion on whether she’s telling the truth; just explaining what she did in fact say, and pointing out that if true it’s a reasonable response.)
Notice how she likes to repeat things twice?
She’s known as Karine Two Times back on the block.
What’s with the zoot suit?
Brat dolly wear.
I think it was Al Capone day.
Best newspaper quote I ever saw about Al Capone:
“looking like an elephant at an ant convention.”
In her situation, someone has to be the “guy.”
The lipstick sends a mixed message.
But that’s her entire trademark, isn’t it.
Mop.
Mop, Mop, Mop, Mop, Mop.
An ugly lying mop at that.
I used to have one of those mops that you could use that spinner bucket to dry the thing off—she looks she uses that thing to do her hair.
Chocolate toilet brush.
lefty keeps inventing the words and the rules of the game
lets stop playing with them
Sorry, the downvote was fat-fingered.
… and stay out.
A better question would be “If we have that spare $178 million to send to Lebanon, how about keeping it instead and sending it to those impacted by Helene?”
Maybe we could send something to Lebanon when they quit lobbing missiles at Israeli civilians.
I hate Raggedy Ann. She is a boil on the body politic. She makes Ron Ziegler look sympathetic and he went to prison.
You better watch it! She’ll eat your dog.
There’s a reason she’s known as Cringe Jean Pierre
This “Senior Advisor” is dumber than Harris.
The thing is, the answer to that question may very well be “yes”. The president can’t just spend money because he feels like it. Congress has to appropriate it. If Congress has appropriated so much for the State Dept to spend on foreign aid and so much for FEMA to spend on domestic emergencies, the president can’t just switch it around. If FEMA needs a supplementary appropriation, Congress has to pass one or FEMA can’t get the money.
But if that’s the case she should have said so.
I am surprised Raggity Karine has gone on this long, probably only a few months to go so should be able to stick it out on a job she is horrible at.
I can see no “misinformation” in Doocy’s question. It was pretty straightforward. Biden has money for Lebanon or what ever without Congressional approval but if people in NC or FL need money Congress has to come back to do that.” That’s a fairly straight nuts and bolts of how government works question. That she flew off the handle and stormed out shows what an empty political hack she is.
Does anyone remember Sarah Sanders or Kayleigh storming out? Tony Snow?
One key task of the next Trump Admin (fingers crossed, knock on wood) is to audit every agency/dept for leftover funds from prior authorizations by Congress. Figure out how much remains, why it hasn’t been spent and work with Congress to figure out a solution; resend the old authority, put the funds towards the national debt, to build a border wall or put them into a ‘rainy day’ fund. Then refine future authorizations to ensure no excess funds remain. We can’t afford slush funds.
It looks like some one is in a snit and giving a very long non-answer to a simple question. I enjoy Peter Ducey’s professional demeanor and pointed questions.