{"id":118684,"date":"2021-02-05T09:47:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118684"},"modified":"2021-02-05T10:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:27:44","slug":"softballs-and-adoration-read-the-questions-reporters-have-asked-bidens-press-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/softballs-and-adoration-read-the-questions-reporters-have-asked-bidens-press-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Softballs And Adoration: Read The \u2018Questions\u2019 Reporters Have Asked Biden\u2019s Press Secretary"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fsoftballs-and-adoration-read-the-questions-reporters-have-asked-bidens-press-secretary%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=118684&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1297834383-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Since January 20, Jen Psaki has assumed the role of White House press secretary, a job with a stated description of providing journalists the opportunity to understand the positions and actions of the executive branch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In just over two weeks, Psaki\u2019s experience \u2014 alongside others from the Biden administration \u2014 has differed from that of her immediate predecessors in fairly obvious ways, with many journalists offering soft, leading, or even openly partisan \u201cquestions\u201d on a daily basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here is a selection of these questions, which demonstrate what we can expect from the \u201cobjective media\u201d under the Biden administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/01\/20\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-january-20-2021\/\"><span>January 20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Thanks, Jen. First off, congratulations. And one question about your role. You touched on this a little bit at the top, but when you are up there, do you see yourself \u2014 your primary role as promoting the interests of the President, or are you there to provide us the unvarnished truth so that we can share that with the American people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet me ask you on policy, if I can quickly. You talk \u2014 obviously, your role is sort of in terms of delivering the best information to the American people on behalf of this White House. The battle for truth may be as tough a fight right now as is the battle against coronavirus. How do you and President Biden plan to combat disinformation that, in many ways, led to that assault we witnessed two weeks ago today on the Capitol?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThank you so much, Jen. Thank you for doing this on a daily basis again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd then, could you just give us some color about what it was like for him going into the Oval Office? He\u2019s been waiting for this for so long. What was his reaction?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOn a lighter note, will he keep Donald Trump\u2019s Air Force One color scheme change?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJen, just one quick one before we let you go. Just following up on Peter\u2019s question: Does President \u2014 President Biden believe that President Trump needs to be held accountable for the Capitol insurrection a couple of weeks ago? And does that accountability require that President Trump be barred from holding future federal office?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe President did not mention the word \u201cTrump\u201d in his Inaugural Address today\u2026What was the intention behind not making any direct reference to his predecessor in that speech?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHow does President Biden plan to recover the United States\u2019 image around the world? And what is his priority globally?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/01\/21\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-january-21-2021\/\"><span>January 21<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDr. Fauci, you\u2019ve joked a couple times today already about the difference that you feel in being kind of the spokesperson for this issue in this administration versus the previous one. Can you \u2014 can you talk a little bit about how free, how much different \u2014 do you feel less constrained?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI mean, you were basically banished for a few months there for a while. (Laughter.) Do you feel like you\u2019re back now?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd just changing gears for a quick second to COVID and the negotiations on Capitol Hill: How long is the President willing to pursue bipartisanship? Democrats are already talking about a reconciliation process. Is there a \u2014 given the critical need for some sort of aid here that the President is talking about, is there a deadline at which he\u2019s going to \u2014 he\u2019s giving Republicans \u2014 you know, is it February 1st, is it Presidents weekend \u2014 by which he\u2019ll say, \u201cNo, we\u2019re going to do this by reconciliation instead\u201d?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe second one \u2014 this \u2014 this may sound trivial, but Presidents and candidates have some events where \u2014 they\u2019re fun for the candidate. They \u2014 the big crowd on the acceptance speech at the convention, the big crowd at the Inauguration, big rallies. Because of COVID, this President has \u2014 has been denied all those. Has he ever been at all wistful about sort of missing the fun parts of being a candidate and the Inauguration?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>January 22<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAre the tools and methods available to federal law enforcement, are they what we need right now? Are we still stuck in sort of a post-9\/11 mindset? And does there need to be really broad, radical rethinking about how we, sort of, approach things in the federal law enforcement?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I could follow up with you on what you said about COVID yesterday, you said your goal is a million shots per day, which would double, you said, what the Trump administration was doing. According to the CDC, we have reached a million shots a day last week. So, given that \u2014 given the urgent need for vaccinations, why not aim higher?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNot to belabor this point, but you\u2019ve said that Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time, which is true, but there are also so many hours in the day. Has the President expressed any concern that a Senate trial will slow down additional confirmations or movement on a COVID relief bill?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWelcome back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCan I ask what happened to the Churchill bust and what should be read about its removal from the Oval Office?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd this is his first weekend in the White House. Does he still plan to go to mass every weekend? And has he picked a parish here in the Washington area or a place where he plans to go?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/01\/25\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-january-25-2021\/\"><span>January 25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThanks, Jen. Acknowledging the confusion around the lack of clarity about the vaccine availability, give us a sense of just how stunning that revelation is. I mean, what was President Biden\u2019s reaction to learning that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Trump administration, in its final weeks, rushed through a number of federal executions. Has the President directed a moratorium on capital punishment? And does he plan to?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/01\/26\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-domestic-policy-advisor-susan-rice-january-26-2021\/\"><span>January 26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Ambassador Rice, thank you. You speak about communities of color, right now, that are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Of course, they\u2019re also less inclined to have faith in the federal government response to the vaccination process. So what specifically \u2014 and I\u2019ll follow up with others \u2014 but what specifically is being done right now for communities of color to convince them it\u2019s okay to get this vaccine?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c Thank you, Ambassador Rice. Two questions. The first: What will the administration do to address the relationship between communities of color and police, particularly as part of the mass incarceration component?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And then the second question: Republican legislators have signaled that they\u2019re going to look to roll back some of the voting procedures from the last election. We know that that\u2019s centered in some of those swing states in largely black and brown communities. What\u2019s the administration going to do about that as well?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThank you, Jen. Thank you, Ambassador. These measures here are executive actions, which of course could be overturned and reversed by a future President. Can you talk about what steps could be taken to codify these, to make them permanent, whether it\u2019s private prisons or other measures, so they could not be undone by a future President?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI just wanted to circle back to Peter\u2019s question. So Dr. Fauci, on Fox today, went back to quoting that \u201c100 million doses in 100 days\u201d number. So did the President misspeak when he said the new goal was 150 million shots in a hundred days, yesterday? Or was he operating under some new update that he got?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that, after January 6th, there is obviously this issue of white supremacy and racism coursing through our country. What\u2019s the biggest challenge when you think of equity in this country? And how do you measure success for something like that, especially when we think of all of the different ways that our country is dealing with it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAmbassador Rice outlined all of these disparities when it comes to Americans of color being infected and dying from COVID at higher rates. Do you \u2014 does the White House fault the policies of the previous administration for creating those disparities that we\u2019re seeing?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/01\/27\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-special-presidential-envoy-for-climate-john-kerry-and-national-climate-advisor-gina-mccarthy-january-27-2021\/\"><span>January 27<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThanks, Jen. Does the White House have a comment on this social media profile that has emerged of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene? And is there a response to whether any disciplinary action should be taken against her, given everything that\u2019s come out?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThank you, Jen. Good to see you on a different podium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/01\/29\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-january-29-2021\/\"><span>January 29<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSpeaker Pelosi said, I believe it was yesterday, that she feels that threats are coming from inside the House with other members being allowed to carry guns. Of course, you have conspiracy theorists among the ranks of the GOP now. Do you, and does the White House, agree with that assessment that there is security threats coming from inside the House? Has Biden spoken to Pelosi? And is he worried about the safety \u2014 the physical safety of both members of Congress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd then the \u2014 as you know, settlements have been a major obstacle to getting the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Would President Biden consider it \u2014 does he believes settlements are \u2014 should be halted in the West Bank so that the Palestinians will come back?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs you guys are thinking about the task force to reunite the parents and the separated children, what are you sort of learning about the scope of that challenge? It\u2019s something that groups have tried to do in the past and failed. How many people do you think would need to be tasked to that to actually make it effective?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThank you, Jen. I know that President Biden and the First Lady are acutely aware of the sacrifices that military families make.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd just one on double masking. There\u2019s been some increased discussion about that publicly. We\u2019ve seen pictures of the President double masking and those around him. Is that a personal preference or has he been advised by medical \u2014 his medical advisors to do that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd then one on Marjorie Taylor Greene. I know you said earlier that you would not like to be commenting on her, but it\u2019s been a major story. Does the White House have any concerns about a QAnon supporter, someone with a history of racist \u2014 now we\u2019re seeing anti-Semitic \u2014 comments, harassing school-shooting survivor families, serving on House committees?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYesterday we saw Vice President Harris do local media interviews in the states of West Virginia and Arizona. You know, obviously there\u2019s been a lot of focus on your efforts to get Republicans on board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne more on your favorite topic: reconciliation. I know it\u2019s wonky, but \u2026 The President, as you said multiple times, is reaching out to Republicans in an effort to get a bipartisan bill. At the same time, Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi seem to be aggressively moving towards reconciliation. Do you think \u2014 does the President think that the Democratic leader\u2019s push for reconciliation at this time is hurting his chances to get Republicans on board?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/02\/01\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-1-2021\/\"><span>February 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd in that statement, you called out $1,400 relief checks a substantial investment in fighting COVID and reopening schools, aid to small businesses and hurting families. A lot of that isn\u2019t in the Republican proposal. So why have this meeting at all if they\u2019re not even going to take seriously what he is proposing?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo I\u2019ll circle back to this: Has the White House made a determination about whether it will continue to extend the privilege of intelligence briefings to former President Trump, given the concerns among some Democrats that he\u2019ll either misuse it or leverage it to enrich himself?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/02\/02\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-2-2021\/\"><span>February 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCan I ask a question on impeachment? The impeachment managers have now laid out their case. Trump\u2019s team is leaving open the door, it seems, to arguing election fraud in the trial, to repeating the false claims that somehow Trump won the election \u2014 those same false claims that fueled the riot. Is this administration concerned that the former President\u2019s defense could incite further violence?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/02\/03\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-3-2021\/\"><span>Febuary 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhere is the space for bipartisan agreement when the differences are that significant across major components of what the President wants?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd finally, one more question. There\u2019s discussion on the Hill about stripping Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments. Does President Biden believe that she should be stripped of those assignments?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThanks. One of the law enforcement gaps that was identified after the riot on January 6th was that President Trump had insisted on this focus on Antifa. And I\u2019m wondering what President Biden has done to redirect an emphasis on right-wing extremism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJen, can I follow up with a previous question and just circle back to President Biden\u2019s comments yesterday in the Oval Office \u2026 when he said the \u201cvast, vast majority\u201d of U.S. law enforcement officers were \u201cdecent, honorable people\u201d? Why did he want to \u2014 why did he think it was important to stress that the \u201cvast majority\u201d are?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAre you okay with [Russia Today and Sputnik] working in the White House, for example?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/02\/04\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-february-4-2021\/\"><span>February 4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThanks, Jake. Question on immigration. When the President signed his executive order directing DOJ not to contract with private federal prisons, he did not extend that to DHS and ICE, which houses many undocumented immigrants. So is that something that he plans to do? And if so, why didn\u2019t he do it in that executive order?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThank you so much. Just picking up on Peter\u2019s question on speaking from a position of strength, I want to talk about sanctions on Myanmar. Does the fact that we have Republican lawmakers who support the claim that the election was stolen, some potentially having ties to extremist groups who stormed the Capitol \u2014 does it make the job of the administration\u2019s foreign policy team more difficult to punish countries like Myanmar on the grounds of violations of democracy and of rule of law?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJen, one of the biggest criticisms of President Trump\u2019s approach to handling the coronavirus was that the administration didn\u2019t provide clear guidance to states about when they should shut down, when they should reopen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cClearly, on LGBTQ issues, the President is ready to make good on his promises over the course of the campaign, with the two executive orders he signed in the first days of office relating to nondiscrimination and the transgender military ban.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJen, we saw some new figures today: More than 2 million guns were sold in January. That was an 80 percent jump and the second highest monthly total on record. A lot of this, of course, had to do amid all the coverage related to the Capitol riots then. The President promised to act on day one on this issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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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