In some very funny reactions to news about former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre, the response to her announcement that she was switching from being a Democrat to being an Independent was widespread derision, with even Fox News Channel and CNN agreeing that she is a buffoon.
As background, the roasting started when KJP released a statement about switching political affiliations in which she said, “Until January 20, I was responsible for speaking on behalf of the President of the United States. At noon on that day, I became a private citizen who, like all Americans and many of our allies around the world, had to contend with what was to come next for our country. I determined that the danger we face as a country requires freeing ourselves of boxes. We need to be willing to exercise the ability to think creatively and plan strategically.”
Predictably, no one believed her about thinking “creatively,” and so she got roasted. Amongst those who did so, shockingly, was CNN’s Abby Phillips, who played a clip of KJP defending Biden and said, referencing the book KJP is releasing alonside her supposed party change, “if you’re looking for her to throw Biden under the bus, I don’t think this book is gonna be that.”
Making the situation all the more surprising was that, in a first, Jennings agreed with Phillips. He said, “I agree with you. I don’t think she will, although I would argue that it’s pretty disloyal to leave the political party that, you know, gave you your biggest career shot that you’ve ever had, but I tend to agree with you.”
Continuing, he slammed KJP for being such a liar, saying, “I mean, I think the things we’ve learned in the last two years is that the two least credible sources of information in this world are the Gaza Health Ministry and Karine Jean-Pierre. And when she puts this book out, every single person who reads it, reviews it, or discusses it needs to remember that virtually everything she said about what was going on behind the scenes in the White House was an outright lie.”
Then, concluding, he noted that she ought be treated as a liar as well, telling Phillips, “And so when she puts a book out, I think we ought to treat it from a source that has a proven track record of lying from the podium of the White House to the American people.” Watch them here:
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Also chiming in about KJP’s nonsense was Jacqui Heinrich, on Fox News Channel, who slammed KJP for her lying about Biden’s mental health and for her new claims about being an independent, saying, “[KJP] was telling us that things were chugging along and that, you know, that Joe Biden was running circles around her.”
Heinrich continued, “But equally as eyebrow-raising for me is the word ‘Independent,’ because I would be really surprised to learn if there was anything independent about Karine Jean-Pierre — including her ability to think through things without the answers in a book in front of her after sitting in that press briefing room for four years. So I’m very excited to read this and hear her explain how she got there.”
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