During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dropped a few whoppers that were immediately challenged by the press and on social media.
For starters, KJP claimed President Biden had been to the border multiple times —this is a lie.
Biden's first and only visit to the border was a highly choreographed drive-by in January.
There is no record of Biden visiting the southern border at any other point in his life. https://t.co/urOfxIubeq
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One reporter challenged the White House narrative on the debt ceiling, which seems to involve a lot of fingerpointing at the GOP.
MUST WATCH: Reporter calls out KJP over Biden’s lies and smears against Republicans on the debt ceiling: pic.twitter.com/b8gYFOznI1
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Here are some additional lowlights from the press conference, including Joe has been “consulting” with Kamala on the border and Americans won’t be hearing anything else on Title 42 from the President.
Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden "has been closely consulting" with Kamala Harris on the crisis at the southern border pic.twitter.com/9VsDvEDPUs
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Q: Will the American people hear from Biden on the crisis at the southern border?
Karine Jean-Pierre: Nope pic.twitter.com/15rGPRBDNA
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From Fox News:
[Additionally,] Jean-Pierre refused to discuss “hypotheticals” about the number of migrants expected to surge across the southern border when Title 42 is lifted this week, stating there is a plan to deal with the crisis “humanely.”
“So what you can expect from us is that we’re going to do everything that we can and use every available tool to us, as we have been, to deal with this issue in a humane and humane way, manage it humanely,” Jean-Pierre told reporters at Tuesday’s press briefing.
“Our focus when it as it relates to managing the border is we’re going to do this through enforcement, deterrence and diplomacy,” she said.
Title 42 surge: WH won’t discuss ‘hypotheticals' about the numbers, says it will deal with crisis ‘humanely’ https://t.co/xvP3fzaDk0
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