Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday if the Biden White House will stop labeling Donald Trump a “threat” after two people tried to kill him in the past few months.
Doocy pointed out KJP was at the White House podium calling Trump a “threat” just two days after a man was camped out in hopes to shoot the Republican candidate at his Florida golf course, and asked “how many more assassination attempts” were necessary before they toned down the rhetoric.
Doocy: How many more ass*ss*nation attempts on Trump until Biden, Kamala and you pick a different word to describe him other than a threat?
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KJP: gaslights by saying it's dangerous for him to ask that, and his tone is dangerous…
She thinks you're stupid pic.twitter.com/LmZ2uX5rxx
Clearly frustrated by the question, Jean-Pierre took a long sigh and condescendingly answered, “Peter, if anything from this administration, I actually completely disagree with the premise of your question, the question that you’re asking, uh, it is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you’re asking it because the American people are watching.”
“And, to say that, from an administration who has consistently condemned political violence. From an administration where the president called the former president and was thankful, grateful that he was okay. From an administration who has called out January 6th, called out the attack on Paul Pelosi, called out and said, ‘We need to lower the temperature,’ after the Butler incident, and now for you to make that kind of comment in your question, because your question involved a comment and a statement and THAT is also incredibly dangerous…”
The bizarre answer from the White House came just moments after KJP said Trump, not Democrats, needs to tone down his rhetoric.
A reporter asked, “Just to clarify, so you’re saying that the president and the vice president believe that former President Donald Trump should be toning down his rhetoric?”
Jean-Pierre replied, “President Biden has been clear-eyed about the threat that the former president represents to our democracy. He’s been clear-eyed about that.”
WH press sec talks about how "it is important to bring down the temperature" and in a follow-up response says "President Biden has been clear-eyed about the threat that the former president represents to our democracy." pic.twitter.com/ipMuRL96AP
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