White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wasn’t playing games with Fox News’ Peter Doocy when he interrupted her, so she shut him down and moved on.
Doocy asked, “What do you call it when 10,000 illegal immigrants cross the border in one day?”
The White House press secretary responded: “So what do you call it, Peter, when the Republican party puts forward….”
Peter Doocy interrupted her at this point and Jean-Pierre said, “Wait. No no no. OK. We move on.”
Doocy kept talking and Karine Jean-Pierre said, “Peter, I tried to answer the question, but you stopped me.”
The press secretary moved on to the next question.
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KJP has no patience for Peter Doocy today pic.twitter.com/tq5bNEciNh
—Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 21, 2023
Doocy spends his days in the briefing boosting Fox News’ talking points disguised as questions and trying to create moments with the press secretary that are then played on Fox News as breaking news.
Karine Jean-Pierre didn’t play and she stopped Doocy, who looked surprised, dead in his tracks.
Hopefully the point was made that the Biden White House will not tolerate disrespect from White House reporters.