White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed during Wednesday’s press briefing that President Joe Biden has visited the U.S. border.
Jean-Pierre made the claim in response to a question from Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy regarding whether Biden would visit the border with potential future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
“So, look, he’s been there. He’s been to the border,” Jean-Pierre claimed without evidence. “And since he took office —”
The Washington Post previously fact-checked a claim from Biden about visiting the border and found that he only went once during “a brief drive-by” while “on a campaign swing in 2008.”
Doocy immediately interjected and asked when Biden went to the border, to which Jean-Pierre responded, “Since he took office, the — President Biden has been taking action to fix our immigration system and secure our border.”
“But, you know, that — we’re not seeing that from Republicans,” she…
