>> Tucker: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT A COMPLETE SHAM, WHAT A
FRAUDULENT GROTESQUE PERVERSION
OF REALITY THE WHITE HOUSE
BRIEFINGS HAVE COME.
THE LOW IQ WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECURITY BROUGHT A BUNCH OF TV
ACTORS TO STAND THERE SO SHE CAN
PROMOTE A TV SHOW OR ANYTHING.
SHE WAS PROMOTING A TV SHOW AND
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
REFUSED TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM
ACTUAL REPORTERS.
FIRST ON THAT LIST WOULD BE OUR
FRIEND SIMON ATIBA OF "TODAY
NEWS AFRICA."
HE GOT FRUSTRATED AND CALLED OUT
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
FOR IGNORING HIS ACTUAL
QUESTIONS FOR MONTHS.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS
MAKING --
>> DECORUM, PLEASE.
DECORUM.
>> IT’S BEEN SEVEN MONTHS,
YOU’VE NOT CALLED ON ME.
MADAM SECRETARY, I’M NOT THAT IS
NOT RIGHT.
>> WELCOME, GUYS.
WELCOME.
WELCOME TO THE PRESS BRIEFING
ROOM.
>> THAT’S NOT RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT CHINA.
THIS IS NOT RUSSIA.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE!
[EVERYONE SPEAKING AT ONCE]
>> YOU HAVE GRIEVANCES, BRING THEM TO HER LATER.
THEM TO HER LATER.
>> THE PRESS CORPS IS TIRED OF
DEALING WITH THIS.
>> YOU GET QUESTIONS ALL THE
TIME.
YOU DON’T ANSWER THEM.
YOU SIT HERE FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
I’M IN THE FRONT ROW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON’T GET
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON
WHAT THE REST OF US DO.
MIND YOUR MANNERS IF YOU’RE IN
HERE.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, BRING IT
UP AFTERWARDS.
>> WHAT’S JUST OCCURRED THE LAST
10 OR 15 MINUTES IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
IT’S -- IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
>> YOU’VE BEEN --
>> SO WE’RE GOING TO -- SO WE’RE
EITHER GOING TO CONTINUE THE
BRIEFING OR WE CAN JUST END THE
BRIEFING RIGHT HERE.
>> Tucker: OUTRAGEOUS DOESN’T
EVEN DESCRIBE WHAT WE JUST
PLAYED FOR YOU!
SO HERE YOU HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY WHOSE JOB IT IS
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM
JOURNALISTS ON BEHALF OF THE
ENTIRE AMERICAN POPULATION
HIJACKING THE EVENT TO PROMOTE A
TV SHOW AND THEN SCREAMING AT A
GUY WHO WANTS HIS QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AND THEN THE OTHER
SHILLS IN THE ROOM DON’T TAKE
THE SIDE OF THEIR FELLOW
JOURNALIST BUT TAKE THE SIDE OF
THE LADY AT THE FRONT TO WHOM
THEY WERE ACTUALLY BEHOLDEN AND
TRY TO SHUT DOWN SIMON ATIBA!
WHO DID THAT!
THE PARTIAL LIST INCLUDES JEFF
MASON OF REUTERS WHO SHOULD BE
ASHAMED.
BRIAN OF CNN.
ASSOCIATED PRESS COOPERATE ZEKE
MILLER.
EVEN APOLOGIZED TO THE PRESS
SECRETARY LATER IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
THEY, AGAIN, SHOULD BE ASHAMED
OF THEMSELVES.
IN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF
REPORTERS WOULD HAVE TURNED ON
THEM.
REALLY, YOU’RE TAKING HER SIDE?
SHE’S A LIAR?
JURY JOB IS NOT TO SUCK UP TO
POWER!
IT’S TO SERVE YOUR VIEWERS AND
READERS BY GETTING TO THE TRUTH!
BUT INSTEAD THEY PILED ON SIMON
ATIBA.
REALLY THE MOST REVEALING MOMENT
MAYBE EVER IN THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS ROOM.
WE’RE HONORED NOW TO BE JOINED
BY SIMON ATIBA HIMSELF.
SIMON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON.
WE’RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
WHAT PROMPTED -- YOU SEEM VERY
FRUSTRATED THERE.
WHAT PROMPTED YOUR EXCHANGE WITH
THE PRESS SECRETARY?
>> YES.
THANK YOU, TUCKER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON YOUR
SHOW.
I’M GRATEFUL.
YOU KNOW THE FIRST AMENDMENT
PROTECTS THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
THE PRESS AND ASSEMBLY AND THE
RIGHT TO PETITION YOUR
GOVERNMENT TO SEEK ADDRESS.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT SAYS I HAVE
THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS TO DO
MY JOB AND THE PRESS SECRETARY
DOESN’T NEED TO LIKE ME, DATE
ME, MARRY ME, HAVE TWO BLACK
CHILDREN WITH ME.
SHE DOESN’T NEED TO DO ALL OF
THAT.
SHE DOESN’T EVEN NEED TO LIKE MY
ACCENT, DOESN’T EVEN NEED TO
LIKE WHAT I LOOK LIKE, COME
FROM.
THEY LOOK DOWN ON ME.
THEY DON’T RESPECT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE IS IN THE PAST SEVEN
MONTHS, I’VE DONE ALL OF THE
RIGHT THINGS.
I’VE NOT BEEN CALLED ON.
I’VE GONE TO HER OFFICE TO SEEK
A MEETING.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD MEET WITH ME
NEXT YEAR.
I’VE SENT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
NIGERIAN ELECTION, ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THE PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES
IN AFRICA.
AND THEY’VE NOT CALLED ON ME.
EVEN AS THE VICE PRESIDENT IS
GOING TO AFRICA, EVEN AS THE
FIRST LADY, JILL BIDEN, WENT TO
AFRICA.
EVEN WHEN THEY RECEIVE 50
AFRICAN LEADERS FOR THE U.S.
AFRICAN SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON
D.C., THE GUY WHO COVERS THE
WHITE HOUSE, THE AFRICAN GUY WHO
COVERED THE WHITE HOUSE IS
LOOKED DOWN UPON IN THE GREATEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, IN THE
MOST ADVANCED COUNTRY WHERE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS PROTECTED!
IT’S A SHAME WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY!
ONE OF THE GUYS THAT YOU SHOWED
THERE, HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE
WSC BECAUSE HE BECAME VIOLENT IN
THE ROSE GARDEN.
IT’S A DISGRACE.
IT’S VERY VIOLENT.
HE ATTACKS MANY PEOPLE.
IT’S A SHAME WHAT HAPPENED TO ME
TODAY.
IT’S A TOTAL DISGRACE.
IT’S HAPPENING IN THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE.
AND -- AND -- AND -- YOU
KNOW, WHEN IT HAPPENS TO JIM
ACOSTA OF CNN, BECAUSE THEY
RESPECT HIM.
HE’S WHITE.
HE WORKS FOR CNN.
I’M BLACK.
I’M AFRICAN.
I DON’T HAVE MONEY.
THEY LOOK DOWN ON ME I DON’T
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY
HAVE AND -- AND -- AND THEY
DON’T TREAT ME THE SAME WAY -- I
NEED TO DO MY JOB!
THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE
PRESS IN THE U.S. ALLOWS ME TO
DO MY JOB AND THAT’S THE ONLY
THING I’M TRYING TO DO AND THEY
STONEWALLING ME, TRYING TO HELP
CARRIN JOHN PIERRE AND IT’S A
SHAME!
>> THE FACT JEFF MASON AND THE
REST -- WHO SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
THEMSELVES!
-- TOOK THE WHITE HOUSE SIDE
AGAINST YOU IS REALLY ONE OF THE
MOST AWFUL THINGS I’VE EVER
SEEN.
I WAS SHOCKED BY THIS AS CYNICAL
AS I AM AND I APPRECIATE YOU
COMING ON TONIGHT.
YOU SEEM UNBOWED.