FULL COURT 'PRESS': White House Allies Tried and Failed to Force Out Karine Jean-Pierre; Report

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• Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover administrations
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, December 13, 2021
• MORE: Jen Psaki leaving White House, Biden names 1st Black, openly gay press secretary to replace her
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
• GDP HEADING SOUTH: Trump Reacts to 1.6% GDP Growth, 'This is Bidenomics'

But this really is something that we take care to separate from politics, to separate from, you know, decisions taken at the White House. It is a State Department analysis with a State Department outcome. And they can speak to what is going to happen at the time that they’re ready to speak to it. Now, as we were working day in, day out to get this bill passed, President Biden was also working with President Zelenskyy to talk through how President Zelenskyy was thinking about the issue of mobilization and getting enough forces forward to the fight. I expect we will get together in person relatively soon, but we don’t have a date circled on the calendar right now. Q    And then really quickly on the in-person talks that were scheduled to happen.

Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover administrations

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday selected Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary, to replace Jen Psaki as the top White House spokeswoman, making her the first Black woman to hold one of the most high-profile jobs in American politics. The President has been very much engaged in this week, this — this past week. And so, look, we want to see this moving. We’re grateful to the leaders for getting this moving — certainly looks like — out of the House. We want to see it moved out of the Senate, get this signed by the President so we can get that — the — that all-important national security needs to where — to — to protect our national security, obviously.

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, December 13, 2021

And obviously, to work, there’s now nine tests that are approved to go to market that different companies and different school districts and others can have direct contact with. We have just opened a number of federal testing sites in New Jersey, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. We will continue to expand those — big federal testing sites — and we have 20,000 free sites across the country. Q    Along those same lines, for people who see those long testing lines — you have more sites, but it’s cold out; people don’t want to wait in that.

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And I think people will look back at the Los Angeles Declaration as a new platform upon which we build a migration strategy collectively as a hemisphere for the years going forward. This builds on the chain of free trade agreements we already have in the hemisphere. And it’s really designed to deal with 21st century challenges like supply chains and decarbonization, but also a vision of economic growth that is rooted in President Biden’s principles about economic growth having to come from the bottom up and the middle out rather than the top down. And we think that that will be highly welcomed in the hemisphere.

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

And that is an openness and willingness to engage in diplomacy if North Korea is prepared to come to the table, and an absolute and resolute commitment to defending our allies in the ROK and Japan. We think it’s the right position, and it’s a position we will sustain as we go forward. But, you know, that’s — we thought this last meeting was important, positive. And we look forward to continue our consultations to see OPEC-Plus playing a constructive role as we go forward. You’ve got European nations making new announcements of security assistance day by day.

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And that’s what’s shown through in the votes, both in the House and the 79-vote aye vote outcome we saw in the Senate last night. "I’m just so grateful to have had Karine by my side for this over the last 15 months, and I just can’t wait to see her shine at the podium," Psaki said, as she held Jean-Pierre's hand. "Congratulations, and I can’t wait to see you bring your own style and brilliance to this job. I love you." Prior to joining the White House, Jean-Pierre served as chief of staff for vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris during the 2020 campaign and was the national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org during the 2016 election. She previously worked on both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns. Biden also announced that Anita Dunn would return to the administration as a senior adviser and assistant to the president.

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And there is no place — no place for — for hate or hateful rhetoric or any type of violence, obviously. “There were a number of people she asked to engage Karine,” said one source who heard of the strategy directly from Dunn, whose role as senior adviser has been filled during the past three presidencies by Jared Kushner (Donald Trump), Valerie Jarrett (Barack Obama) and Karl Rove (George W. Bush). According to a New York Post report, the Biden Administration attempted to oust Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre last fall by recruiting outside allies to nudge her out the door. Top Biden aides are reportedly unhappy with the maladroit way in which KJP manages the press briefings, including reading canned answers from her binder. Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has officially landed at MSNBC, where she is expected to make appearances on the network's cable and streaming programs as well as host a new original show.

Biden names Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary

That is what the President signed into law. It’s about delivering for — for their needs. It’s about making sure that we have a budget that’s fiscally responsible. And, you know, there’s no deal to talk about right now.

U.S. leadership in the Summit process underscores our deep and historical commitment to the people of the Western Hemisphere as well as our commitment to realizing the Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative. Working with the city of Los Angeles, Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti, and Governor of California Gavin Newsom, the United States looks forward to convening leaders and stakeholders across the hemisphere to advance our shared commitment to economic prosperity, security, human rights, and dignity. And this is something that the President has said throughout his first 16 months — that that’s why he has never supported “defund the police” — he’s been clear about that — and why he sent state and local government billions of dollars last year through the American Rescue Plan to hire more police. He said that right before coming on board, speaking to all of you.

And you’ve heard Secretary Blinken, obviously, who’s now in Beijing, speak to our concerns with respect to the PRC and its support for Russia’s defense industrial base. And we have been vocal from this podium about both North Korea and Iran, and we’ll continue to be. Jean-Pierre was born in Haiti and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, growing up in Queens, New York. She has served as deputy press secretary since the start of the administration and has filled in for Psaki behind the White House podium and briefed reporters traveling with the president. So, look, Sweden is a strong, capable defense partner that shares NATO’s values and will strengthen the Alliance and contribute to the European security. So, we believe, and you’ve heard from this President multiple times, that we believe Sweden should become a NATO member as soon as possible.

In fact, on a daily basis, at senior levels, we’re talking to the U.N. As they try to coordinate the humanitarian element of this. So, I can’t speak specifically to these reports, how they relate to Israel’s future military operations, because I’ve only seen them kind of written in the newspaper. I haven’t yet seen what exactly they’re referring to.

President Joe Biden's administration is moving at home and abroad to try to address concerns about rising energy prices slowing the nation's recovery from the pandemic-induced recession. The White House is warning that other countries are already moving ahead of the U.S. in putting in their advance orders for the next generation of therapies. Sadly, if that means that not all of them come back alive, then they still need to be with their families. We just don’t know the condition of each and every one of them. You can’t count on Hamas to be perfectly honest about — about all their conditions.

And the president — you know, the President has asked Congress in March for more funds to beef up policing coast to coast. We continue to call on Congress to pass the President’s budget. Q    Do you have any response to the arrest of a man outside — near Brett Kavanaugh’s house? As we’ve been standing here, we’ve seen that he’s been charged with attempted murder as well. And I don’t know if the President will end up raising it, but we’ll ask our team. If that would be helpful, then of course he would do it.