{"id":1081473,"date":"2021-12-03T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1081473"},"modified":"2021-12-03T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:00:01","slug":"my-question-was-about-xi-peter-doocy-protests-while-jen-psaki-circles-back-to-question-about-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-question-was-about-xi-peter-doocy-protests-while-jen-psaki-circles-back-to-question-about-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My Question Was About Xi\u2019: Peter Doocy Protests While Jen Psaki Circles Back To Question About Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmy-question-was-about-xi-peter-doocy-protests-while-jen-psaki-circles-back-to-question-about-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1081473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy pushed back Friday when press secretary Jen Psaki circled back to an earlier question about crime rather than directly answering his immediate question about Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy brought up the continuing investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-intelligence-agencies-dont-expect-to-determine-covid-19-origins-report\/\">origins of the coronavirus<\/a>&nbsp;and asked Psaki whether or not President Xi had made any effort to assist \u2014 or to provide transparency as to what the Chinese Communist government new about the virus and when they knew it \u2014 in the weeks since <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/chinas-xi-jinping-appears-to-mock-biden-with-name-during-meeting-after-biden-denials-over-relationship\/\">Biden\u2019s virtual summit<\/a> with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know [Biden] did not press [Chinese President Xi Jinping] to help w\/the Covid origins investigations b\/c you said that Xi just understands he\u2019s supposed to be transparent, so in the 2+ wks since, has he helped &amp; been transparent yet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Doocy: \u201cWe know [Biden] did not press [Chinese President Xi Jinping] to help w\/the Covid origins investigations b\/c you said that Xi just understands he\u2019s supposed to be transparent, so in the 2+ wks since, has he helped &amp; been transparent yet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki says she didn\u2019t say that <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Or2Pz7dylf\">pic.twitter.com\/Or2Pz7dylf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1466849868295593988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that\u2019s exactly what I said,\u201d Psaki pushed back, adding, \u201cI believe what I said is we have pressed for this repeatedly, we will continue to, and we\u2019ll continue to do that at a range of levels. I don\u2019t, unfortunately, have any updates on the participation or willingness of the Chinese to add and provide additional data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki then pivoted to a question Doocy had asked a day earlier about rampant organized retail theft and whether the administration believed that was ultimately the result of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy question was about Xi. It wasn\u2019t about that,\u201d Doocy protested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you asked me\u2026about crime yesterday, so I\u2026was going to give you a little extra information. I followed up for you!\u201d Psaki replied.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Psaki: Since you asked me about crime yesterday &amp; I have a little more information for you?<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: My question was about Xi. It wasn\u2019t about that.<\/p>\n<p>P: Well, you asked me\u2026about crime yesterday, so I\u2026was going to give you a little extra information. I followed up for you! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6hoBSMlWb\">pic.twitter.com\/k6hoBSMlWb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1466851184183062532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Psaki went on to say that the Justice Department and the FBI had been coordinating with local law enforcement in an effort to curtail the dramatic uptick in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/thieves-target-l-a-area-nordstrom-in-another-smash-and-grab\/\">smash and grab<\/a>\u201d style robberies.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy thanked her for the update, promising to include it in the day\u2019s coverage, and Psaki replied, \u201cI look forward to seeing it on Fox later today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s on Fox right now,\u201d Doocy said, pointing to one of the cameras in the briefing room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bet it is,\u201d Psaki said before moving on.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Doocy: \u201cThank you for that. We will include that in our coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: \u201cI look forward to seeing it on Fox later today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: \u201cIt\u2019s on Fox right now, I think.\u201d [Points at the camera]\n<p>Psaki: \u201cI bet it is.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0wQ8hRMa4\">pic.twitter.com\/T0wQ8hRMa4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1466851542338842628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doocy had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-press-secretary-blames-increase-in-looting-shoplifting-on-pandemic\">asked Thursday<\/a> whether the White House believed the pandemic was the \u201croot cause\u201d of the dramatic increase in crime in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a huge group of criminals organizes themselves and they want to go loot a store\u2014a CVS, Nordstorm, a Home Depot\u2014until the shelves are clean, you think that\u2019s because of the pandemic?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy pushed back Friday when press secretary Jen Psaki circled back to an earlier question about crime rather than directly answering his immediate question about Chinese President Xi Jinping.Doocy brought up the continuing investigation into the origins of the coronavirus\u00a0and asked Psaki whether or not President Xi had made any effort to assist \u2014 or to provide transparency as to what the Chinese Communist government new about the virus and when they knew it \u2014 in the weeks since Biden\u2019s virtual summit with him.\u201cWe know [Biden] did not press [Chinese President Xi Jinping] to help w\/the Covid origins investigations b\/c you said that Xi just understands he\u2019s supposed to be transparent, so in the 2+ wks since, has he helped &#038; been transparent yet?\u201dDoocy: \u201cWe know [Biden] did not press [Chinese President Xi Jinping] to help w\/the Covid origins investigations b\/c you said that Xi just understands he\u2019s supposed to be transparent, so in the 2+ wks since, has he helped &#038; been transparent yet?\u201dPsaki says she didn\u2019t say that pic.twitter.com\/Or2Pz7dylf\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 3, 2021\u201cI don\u2019t believe that\u2019s exactly what I said,\u201d Psaki pushed back, adding, \u201cI believe what I said is we have pressed for this repeatedly, we will continue to, and we\u2019ll continue to do that at a range of levels. I don\u2019t, unfortunately, have any updates on the participation or willingness of the Chinese to add and provide additional data.\u201dPsaki then pivoted to a question Doocy had asked a day earlier about rampant organized retail theft and whether the administration believed that was ultimately the result of the pandemic.\u201cMy question was about Xi. It wasn\u2019t about that,\u201d Doocy protested.\u201cWell, you asked me\u2026about crime yesterday, so I\u2026was going to give you a little extra information. I followed up for you!\u201d Psaki replied.Psaki: Since you asked me about crime yesterday &#038; I have a little more information for you?Doocy: My question was about Xi. It wasn\u2019t about that.P: Well, you asked me\u2026about crime yesterday, so I\u2026was going to give you a little extra information. I followed up for you! pic.twitter.com\/k6hoBSMlWb\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 3, 2021Psaki went on to say that the Justice Department and the FBI had been coordinating with local law enforcement in an effort to curtail the dramatic uptick in \u201csmash and grab\u201d style robberies.Doocy thanked her for the update, promising to include it in the day\u2019s coverage, and Psaki replied, \u201cI look forward to seeing it on Fox later today.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s on Fox right now,\u201d Doocy said, pointing to one of the cameras in the briefing room.\u201cI bet it is,\u201d Psaki said before moving on.Doocy: \u201cThank you for that. We will include that in our coverage.\u201dPsaki: \u201cI look forward to seeing it on Fox later today.\u201dDoocy: \u201cIt\u2019s on Fox right now, I think.\u201d [Points at the camera]Psaki: \u201cI bet it is.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/T0wQ8hRMa4\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 3, 2021Doocy had asked Thursday whether the White House believed the pandemic was the \u201croot cause\u201d of the dramatic increase in crime in recent months.\u201cWhen a huge group of criminals organizes themselves and they want to go loot a store\u2014a CVS, Nordstorm, a Home Depot\u2014until the shelves are clean, you think that\u2019s because of the pandemic?\u201d he asked.\u201cI think the root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes,\u201d Psaki said.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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