that discussion based on a column that he wrote that’s coming up as I mentioned later
in today’s show as we begin I
want to play for you an
exchange from the White House
briefing room. Yesterday.
It was yesterday
day one of the Karina John
Pierre era.
In that briefing room she is
the new White House press
secretary Jen psaki has moved
on to other endeavors. And is
John Pierre took the
reins officially and it was a
bit of a bumpy ride for her I
would say yesterday.
Now part of this is going to be
a critique of the way that she
tried to answer these questions
from Peter Doocy
our colleague here at FOX News
very straightforward question.
Substantive policy question. And then some of it I think just goes to the point
that there isn’t a great answer
to this you can spin things
better than she did you can’t
just be smoother and less
ham-fisted then she was but
when it comes to the actual
policy in question.
There isn’t a good response
that is satisfactory because
it’s incoherent. So you’re
going to hear we broke this up
into 2 clips because do she
comes back at her. But the
question is very clear
rather elementary and then sit
back and enjoy this journey.
With the press secretary at the
White House on her first day
and just to paint a little bit
of the picture for you since
its radio. Just
the audio is painful.
I could barely watch the full 2
minute clip I kept pausing it
and cringing and sort of
looking away. I just felt like
secondhand embarrassment and
almost like pain.
Because what you can’t hear in
the clip that you can see in
the video is she is kind of
frantically going through her
Binder. Of pre written answers.
And she lands on a page I think the wrong page and just starts reading talking points that
have nothing to do with the
question that Peter asks.
So let’s start here cut 13.
This was yesterday. The journey
begins. I president.
>> Twitter account posted the
other day you want to bring
down inflation, let’s make sure
the wealthiest corporations pay
their fair share. How is
raising taxes on corporations
reduced elation.
>> Are you talking about a
specific tweet he tweeted you
are down inflation less make
sure the wealthiest
corporations pay their fair
share. You know we have talked
we have talked about this this
past year.
>> making sure that the
wealthiest among us are paying
their fair share.
And that is important to do and
that is something that you know
the president has been working
on every day when we talk about
inflation in lowering costs and
so it’s very important. you
know as we’re seeing costs
rise. As we’re talking about
how to you you know build an
America that’s safe that’s
equal for everyone it doesn’t
leave anyone behind that is an
important part of that as well.
>> A lot has a lot of you knows. And look we all have our verbal crutches we all
do it.
You could almost see in her face in real time that she knew that she didn’t know
what she was talking about and
she could tell that everyone
else could tell as well.
This was the White House podium
equivalent of.
Because that was
Jim risch. The question
was straightforward.
And she actually bought herself
some time by saying basically
can you repeat the question was
there a specific we read the
tweet again. How is
raising taxes on anyone let
alone businesses going to
reduce inflation reduce the
cost of things if anything it
would be the opposite.
If you raise the cost of doing
business for companies they’re
going to raise their prices and
passed down to consumers who
are already getting hammered.
So this is a counterproductive.
Tax the quote
UNQUOTE rich need your policy
that Democrats always pursue
even when it’s obviously and
particularly harmful.
And she has no way of
addressing it so she starts
rambling about fair share she
talks about America being
safer. That was weird. And just
a word salad. So then do see
comes back. All right. Maybe a
mulligan here. Is
John Pierre try again a second
bite at the Apple. How does
raising taxes on companies.
Reduce inflation or the costs
associated with going to the
store buying gas. For average
people let’s hear how she did
on this next go around and cut
29, but how does.
>> Raising taxes on
corporations lower the cost of
gas used-car the cost of food
for every day.
>> So look I think we encourage
those who have done very well,
right especially those who care
about climate change
to support a fair tax a tax
code that doesn’t change that
doesn’t charge manufacturers
workers, cops builders a higher
percentage of their earnings
that the most fortunate people
in our nation
and not let this this that
stand in the way of reducing
energy costs and fighting this
except it’s essential problem,
if you think about that is
an example and to support basic
collective bargaining, right as
well right that’s also
important but look it is you
know by not without having a
fair tax code which is what I’m
talking about then
all that the every like
manufacturing workers cops, you
know it’s not fair for them to
have to pay higher taxes than
the folks that who are who are
who are not paying taxes at
all.
>> What the is he talking
about. At one point she says.
Without having a fair tax code which is what I’m talking about almost as if to remind herself
of what she’s talking about the
questions about raising taxes
on businesses and how that
reduces inflation or the cost
of goods and services.
And she veers off into climate
change.
She brought up climate change
out of nowhere is take a little
bit of whiplash there what I
actually went back to make sure
that I didn’t miss something
induces question was there any
reference to that.
She sneaks in some collective
bargaining talking points what
is she talking about. Now the
reason I play you. This
entire exchange. It’s not just
to embarrass or and say oh look
she’s terrible. It was Day one
of her job. Now.
You want to have a qualified
person I’m sure she was a
little nervous that’s normal.
There’s also not her first
briefing at the White House.
He’s been a deputy for a long
time. She’s done this before
maybe just in the moment.
She was a little overwhelmed.
I think she will likely ease
into the ebb and the flow in
the rhythm of the job, she’ll
improve probably. But this was
an inauspicious start.
For kareen John Pierre because
the question was quite simple
in quite good.
I think my number one point
here is there isn’t a good
substantive response. Even the
slickest smoothest person
could give word South that may
be sounded better than this and
hit a few other buzzwords that
at least seemed like it was
response of this was
unresponsive.
As if she heard a completely
different question turn to a
page at random in her Binder
and started reading from it.
She was definitely reading word
for word at times.
So this is first and foremost
on my part a critique of the
underlying policy here. But
it’s also.
Yes a critique of that answer
that is an objectively bad.
Series of answers to a question
about the number one issue in
the country by far.
The American people will be
very curious to know, yeah, how
does raising taxes on
businesses how is that going to
help me Payless for anything.
The answer is it isn’t. Which
is why we got that very bizarre
adventure there. Pick your own
adventure. turn to
page 46. I can RL Stine novel.
And just start reading and hope
for the best.
As I said Day one she’ll
improve but not the strongest
start, so I commented on social
media that this was a very bad
answer. And I’ll give you
one guess actually to guess
I’ll give you 2 guesses.
But the pushback was from the
left because I started getting
it.
Including from one or 2 blue
checkmark people another
anonymous lefties they started.
Flowing into my timeline and into my replies. I’ll give you a clue. It had
nothing to do with anything
that she said or I said
that nothing to do with the
issue at hand or the quality of
her answer which was the source
of my criticism. My critique.
I was called a racist and a
sexist.
Because kareen John Pierre is a
black woman. She’s a woman of
color and I guess
all criticisms of anyone who
fits that description.
Automatically is racist and
sexist like it is about the
vice president like it is about
the most recent Supreme Court.
Confirmed nominee.
It’s so predictable. It’s so
boring. It’s such.
Look racism exists in our society.
Seriously to tracked from the real thing for example like we saw in Buffalo when you
apply it to everything any
statement that you don’t like.
You find
a way with your little like
identity politics rubric.
To say oh well this person
with this Jenna Telia and that
skin color can’t say this thing
about this person because of
these immutable characteristics
so let’s just go with as
we just filter this out to the
algorithm racist and sexist
she’s also lgbtq but I guess
they could use that one against
me. They tried that
one too which is fun. What I’m
called homophobic. Like who’s
going to tell them. But racist
and sexist.
Please tell me why
that was a good answer what we
just all listen to together
tell me why that was a good
quality answer from kareen John
Pierre because if you think
that’s a good answer then
that’s fascinating to me.
And if you don’t think that she
is capable of better.
That might be the shall we say
soft bigotry of low
expectations on your part.
I think that she and virtually
and anyone else in that
position could do better than
that because that was a
terrible answer just on its
face awful. I’m not saying it
make sure a failure in her job.
Doesn’t make her a batter an
impressive person. It means
that my specific point about
the specific exchange.
It has nothing to
do with the color of her skin
or my skin.
Or my chromosomes or her
chromosomes, it’s just so lazy.
So I responded to one of the people I just rolled back at that role. I said that her
criticisms of me were
shockingly homophobic.
I’m just doing an impression of
this way of thinking which is
just it’s not really thinking.
I think calling it thinking is actually giving it too much credit. It’s not thinking at
all.
But because apparently it’s
racist and sexist
inherently under this
circumstance it must be very
racist and sexist as well to
find this clip funny cut 26.
I often odin have talked with
many of you. About our
shared belief that our world
is increasingly more
interconnected and
interdependent that is
especially true when it comes
to the climate crisis.
>> Which is why we will work
together and continue to work
together to address these
issues to tackle these
challenges and to work together
as we continue to work.
Operating from the new norms
rules and agreements that we
will convene. To work together
on to galvanize global action.
>> But madam vice president are you going to work together. That’s the one thing that I
wasn’t clear on listening to
that. And how does this
interact with the significance
of the passage of time I
wonder. But I do know is
that time is every day.
Sex us can’t make fun of the
vice president. Exhausting.
Imagine thinking that way.
You can think about that.
As we work together.
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