White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to defend President Biden’s lack of urgency and the administration’s absence in the high-stake debt ceiling meetings taking place on Capitol Hill.
Fox News Channel’s White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Karine Jean-Pierre at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan what the president has been doing the last several hours since he has yet to be briefed on the debt ceiling meetings that took place back in DC.
“What was [Biden] doing for the last several hours while they were in these meetings?” Doocy asked.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sparred with Fox News Channel’s White House correspondent Peter Doocy about why President Biden was not deputizing his vice president to lead negotiations with the debt ceiling limit. (POOL)
“Well, they were having conversations, right,” Jean-Pierre said. “They were on the Hill, the negotiators… How would he be updated if they’re still having conversations on the Hill? It…
