COMPILATION: All the Times KJP Referred Reporters Elsewhere
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre has never been good at this job, as even some frustrated journalists are starting to privately admit. Of course, the president’s actions and words haven’t made her life any easier. She’s been especially ineffective in recent weeks, as the administration battles the burgeoning classified documents scandal, about which she is willing to say…virtually nothing at all. She has tried to make it seem as though the White House cannot comment on certain matters, due to the ongoing investigation (I’d note that President Biden had no compunction about biasing another investigation before it started, in service of a smear against US Border Patrol agents), but that excuse has been swatted down. Stuck with nothing to say, KJP has resorted to simply referring all questions to other people and other entities. It’s cringe-inducing, but I think this might be the best she is capable of, and the strategy her superiors have chosen to adopt. Here’s her deployment of the maneuver on a whole series of questions from Fox’s Peter Doocy:
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