White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki bizarrely suggested on Tuesday that Russia might have intended to sanction President Joe Biden’s deceased father rather than the president himself.
Psaki fielded a question on the issue — following a new round of sanctions from Russia against a number of American political officials — during the press briefing from CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang.
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CBS News on X (formerly Twitter): “CBS News’ @weijia asks White House Pres. Secretary Jen Psaki about new Russian sanctions on @POTUS:”President Biden is a junior, so they may have sanctioned his dad. May he rest in peace.” pic.twitter.com/iAN5o3ce8x / X”
CBS News’ @weijia asks White House Pres. Secretary Jen Psaki about new Russian sanctions on @POTUS:”President Biden is a junior, so they may have sanctioned his dad. May he rest in peace.” pic.twitter.com/iAN5o3ce8x
“Sanctions were imposed today by Russia, against yourself, President Biden, other top U.S. officials,” Jiang began. “Do you have a response to that? How will it impact any of you, if at all?”
“I would first note that President Biden is a junior, so they may have sanctioned his dad, may he rest in peace,” Psaki joked. “The second piece I would say is that, it won’t surprise any of you that none of us are planning tourist trips to Russia, none of us have bank accounts that we won’t be able to access, so we will forge ahead.”
Financial Times Moscow Bureau Chief Max Seddon tweeted a list of the American officials who were subject to Russia’s latest sanctions — imposed in retaliation for crippling sanctions against the financial and energy sectors designed to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
