{"id":1217752,"date":"2022-01-15T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217752"},"modified":"2022-01-15T09:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T14:35:15","slug":"psaki-mocked-for-claiming-biden-didnt-make-human-comparison-between-gop-segregationists-in-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-mocked-for-claiming-biden-didnt-make-human-comparison-between-gop-segregationists-in-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Mocked For Claiming Biden Didn\u2019t Make \u2018Human\u2019 Comparison Between GOP, Segregationists In Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fpsaki-mocked-for-claiming-biden-didnt-make-human-comparison-between-gop-segregationists-in-speech%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=1217752&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>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced backlash on Friday afternoon after she claimed that President Joe Biden was not making a \u201chuman\u201d comparison between Republicans and segregationists in a speech that he delivered this week that was widely panned, including by some Democrats, as being divisive.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki made the remarks during the following exchange with Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy:<\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: But as he talked about a year ago and working with Republicans, now he is talking about Republicans that don\u2019t agree with voting rights \u2013 he\u2019s describing them as George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis. What happened to the guy who \u2014 when he was elected said, \u201cTo make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy\u201d?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I think everybody listening to that speech who is \u201cspeaking on the level,\u201d as my mother would say, would note that he was not comparing them as humans, he was comparing the choice to those figures in history and where they\u2019re going to position themselves if they \u2014 as they determine whether they\u2019re going to support the fundamental right to vote or not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: &#8220;As you talk about a yr ago &amp; working w\/Republicans, now he&#8217;s talking about [those] that don&#8217;t agree w\/voting rights\u2026as George Wallace, Bull Connor &amp; Jefferson Davis. What happened to the guy who\u2026said to make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YbmUGI2cZm\">pic.twitter.com\/YbmUGI2cZm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1482044422892236807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doocy was referring to the following remarks from Biden:<\/p>\n<p><em>I will defend the right to vote, our democracy against all enemies \u2014 foreign and, yes, domestic. \u2026 At consequential moments in history, they present a choice: Do you want to be the on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis? This is the moment to decide to defend our elections, to defend our democracy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Critics slammed and mocked Psaki for claiming that Biden \u201cwas not comparing\u201d Republicans \u201cas humans\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Erick Erickson<\/strong>, radio host: \u201cThis makes the matter worse because the story would have died, but now it gets to go on to highlight even more just what a stupid thing it was.\u201d<strong>Chris Hartline<\/strong>, NRSC: \u201cLol. Once again, the White House tries to clean up the President\u2019s mess by saying he didn\u2019t actually say what he said.\u201d<strong>David Harsanyi<\/strong>, National Review: \u201cWhat the hell does this mean?\u201d<strong>John McCormack<\/strong>, National Review: \u201cHate it when I accidentally compare my dear friends to George Wallace\/Bull Connor\/Jeff Davis and my friends immediately express outrage and it takes me 3 days to explain I didn\u2019t really mean what I obviously said.\u201d<strong>Tim Murtaugh<\/strong>, former Trump spokesman: \u201cThey are so bad at this. They wrote a speech that compared his political opponents to the most notorious racists in U.S. history, and then sent Biden out to read it. And now they say this after realizing what a terrible idea that was. Again, who thought this was a good idea?\u201d<strong>Drew Holden<\/strong>, columnist: \u201cThat\u2019s right, he specifically mentioned all the names of those humans to avoid making a \u201chuman\u201d comparison, absolutely, very plausible.\u201d<strong>Stephen Miller<\/strong>, former senior adviser to President Donald Trump: \u201cNow they are dehumanizing their political opposition. A new low.\u201d<strong>Mark Zinno<\/strong>, radio host: \u201cI genuinely believe that people in the WH and around the President are tired of having to defend the things that come out of Biden\u2019s mouth. It\u2019s just ridiculous. Everyone should just say, \u2018I have no idea what he was talking about\u2019 and walk away.\u201d<strong>Jerry Dunleavy<\/strong>, Washington Examiner: \u201cJoe Biden wasn\u2019t making a human comparison when he compared humans.\u201d<strong>Monica Crowley<\/strong>, former Trump official: \u201cAbsurd backpedaling = they saw the polling.\u201d<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced backlash on Friday afternoon after she claimed that President Joe Biden was not making a \u201chuman\u201d comparison between Republicans and segregationists in a speech that he delivered this week that was widely panned, including by some Democrats, as being divisive. 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