It’s not that Karine Jean-Pierre is too honest to lie; she lies routinely as part of her job description.
The problem she has is that she’s entirely too stupid to know what she shouldn’t let slip from her tongue.
Prior WH press secretaries like Jen Psaki, while being just as morally bankrupt, were far too sophisticated to ever call one of the “journalists” with whom they engage in the press briefing kabuki theater her “mentor” and “partner” in public because it would give the entire game away.
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KJP, on the other hand, recently did just that.
Via Whitehouse.gov (emphasis added)
Parenthetically, note how many em dashes the overworked transcriptionist — the hardest-working man or woman or non-binary in D.C. — had to squeeze into just those three short paragraphs to try to make coherent sentences out of the mess that KJP vomited out of her mouth there.I want to take a minute to thank Kelly O’Donnell, your outgoing president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. Kelly, the past year has presented no shortage of news — (laughter) — opportunities, and challenges. You’ve been a great partner day — day to day here at the White House, and we’ve closely worked together on major events, minor logistics, and travel, both domestic and foreign.
I — I want this room and the many members of the WHCA to know that you have had a trusted ally, friend, and leader in Kelly O. And you have always — always advocated heartfel- — heart- — heart- — heartedly on behalf of your fellow journalists. And we are grateful for your service, and we are relieved you will still be on — on the beat here at the White House and in the briefing room.
It has been — it has been a joy. And — and I have had — I have had the opportunity to know you for some time, even before being at the White House, and I really appreciated, more personally, your guidance, your mentorship in tough times. And so, thank you so much, Kelly.
A few weeks back, KJP and O’Donnell, her “partner” and “mentor,” tag-teamed a journalist for daring to quip “if he’s awake” in the context of Joe Biden coming down the podium for an appearance himself.
Via Entertainment Weekly (emphasis added):
Amid a flurry of calls for President Joe Biden to step down from the current presidential race, both White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell paused a tense televised media conference Wednesday to scold a journalist who made a joke about the political leader.
The moment came after O'Donnell — a political reporter for NBC News who also serves as the White House Correspondents' Association's president — inquired about Biden's supposed intention to remain in the race despite receiving heavy criticism from Democrats for his disastrous performance in the June 27 debate against Donald Trump.
"You're saying he's absolutely running?" O'Donnell asked, to which Jean-Pierre replied: "He's saying that, and I'm sharing with you his view."
When O'Donnell said "we would invite the president to come here and tells us that directly," an off-camera journalist behind O'Donnell quipped, "If he's awake."
O'Donnell continued speaking, before pausing to point her finger over her shoulder and call out her peer.
"That's inappropriate," O'Donnell said. Jean-Pierre jumped in, turning to the journalist to reiterate: "As you heard from your colleague, the president of the WHCA, that's inappropriate."
Inappropriate!
After reports emerged that the Brandon entity is only functional between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, it’s “inappropriate” to add the caveat “if he’s awake” not just according to KJP but also according to a so-called journalist who is supposed to ask hard questions.
