Karine Jean-Pierre Loses Patience With Fox News Reporter Over Postelection Messaging | EUROtoday

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre walked out of the briefing room on Thursday after a strained back-and-forth with Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich.

Heinrich had mentioned to the press secretary, “This administration messaged to millions of Americans that they’re going to wake up day after the election if Trump won and have their rights stripped away, that democracy would crumble. And the president said today, ‘We’re going to be OK.’”

“So how do you square it?” the reporter requested.

“I can square that,” Jean-Pierre replied.

“The American people made the decision,” she added. “There was an election two nights ago. There was. And it was a free and fair election, and we respect the election process.”

“Americans spoke, and so the job of the president is to make sure we respect that,” she continued. “The job of the president is to make sure that we have a peaceful transfer of power. That is what the American people deserve, and that’s what we’re going to — it’s really, it’s not complicated.”

She identified that President Joe Biden had referred to as President-elect Donald Trump to ask him to the White House to assist guarantee a clean transition.

“You know why? Because that’s customary,” Jean-Pierre mentioned.

“The president wants to lead by example. It’s not complicated,” she added.

Heinrich pushed again, asking her if main by instance is the “message to people who are fearful based on what the messaging was about the stakes?”

“Well, now you’re just twisting everything around and that’s really unfair,” Jean-Pierre fired again.

“I’ve been standing here saying that we respect the decision that the American people made,” she mentioned, arguing that Biden is attempting to place the American individuals first.

“I do not appreciate having my words twisted. … They deserve, they deserve a peaceful transfer of power. And that’s what you’re going to see,” she mentioned, including “thanks, everybody,” as she left the rostrum.

Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and quite a few others, together with lots of Trump’s former White House workers, referred to as Trump a risk to democracy as a result of he has proved time and time once more that he’s one.

Biden nonetheless promised a peaceable switch of energy — a courtesy Trump didn’t prolong to him when the roles have been reversed in 2020 — after the American individuals selected Trump in Tuesday’s election.

“We accept the choice the country made. I’ve said many times you can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only when you agree,” Biden mentioned in a Rose Garden speech Thursday.

He reassured the American individuals, “We’re going to be OK. But we need to stay engaged, we need to keep going. And above all, we need to keep the faith.”