{"id":1939015,"date":"2023-05-26T16:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T20:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-struggles-to-defend-biden-skipping-town-during-debt-crisis\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T20:50:22","slug":"karine-jean-pierre-struggles-to-defend-biden-skipping-town-during-debt-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-struggles-to-defend-biden-skipping-town-during-debt-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Karine Jean-Pierre struggles to justify Biden&#8217;s absence during debt crisis."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fkarine-jean-pierre-struggles-to-defend-biden-skipping-town-during-debt-crisis%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=1939015&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--><h2>White House Press Secretary Struggles to Defend Biden&#8217;s Travel Plans Amid Debt Ceiling Negotiations<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span>As negotiations between the White House and House Republicans over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betsy-mccaughey-spendaholic-politicians-are-destroying-your-economic-future\/\" title=\"Betsy McCaughey: Spendaholic Politicians Are Destroying Your Economic Future\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-with-full-control-of-government-democrats-massive-wish-list-is-stalling\/\" title=\"Even With Full Control Of Government, Democrats\u2019 Massive Wish List Is Stalling\">debt ceiling<\/a> continue<\/a>, President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-struggles-to-defend-biden-skipping-town-during-debt-crisis\/\" title=\"Karine Jean-Pierre struggles to justify Biden's absence during debt crisis.\">weekend travel plans<\/a> have sparked anger among Democrats. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been tasked with defending the president&#8217;s decision to leave town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;What I can say is that the president can deal with this issue anywhere he is,&#8221; Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12125703\/Karine-Jean-Pierre-defends-Biden-leaving-D-C-Memorial-Day-seven-days-default.html\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> reporters about Biden&#8217;s plans to visit Camp David and Delaware this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Debt Ceiling Negotiations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watch-liberal-dreams-shattered-as-biden-admin-says-no-to-14th-amendment\/\"><span>insist<\/span><\/a> Biden must reel in spending in exchange for raising the debt limit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The Biden administration has called for raising the limit with no strings attached.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed failing to raise the debt ceiling will lead to an &#8220;economic catastrophe.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Democrats have expressed frustration with Biden&#8217;s plans to travel before a deal has been secured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Please tell me that&#8217;s not true,&#8221; a Democrat lawmaker anonymously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/05\/25\/democrats-to-biden-get-off-the-bench-in-the-debt-limit-fight-00098861\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> Politico after hearing of Biden&#8217;s plans to leave town. &#8220;You&#8217;re going to see a caucus that&#8217;s so pissed if he&#8217;s stupid enough to do that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Democrats have also expressed anger about Biden&#8217;s lack of leadership in negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.). &#8220;It&#8217;s time to bring the president off the bench, or bring somebody off the bench. No one&#8217;s responding to anything. Kevin&#8217;s consistently on message,&#8221; a House Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/05\/25\/democrats-to-biden-get-off-the-bench-in-the-debt-limit-fight-00098861\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> Politico. &#8220;We have the Oval Office. I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Progressive Democrats are especially upset with the White House after it <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watch-liberal-dreams-shattered-as-biden-admin-says-no-to-14th-amendment\/\"><span>shot down<\/span><\/a> their dream of using the 14th Amendment to green-light a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-move-forward-on-raising-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On Congress To \u2018Move Forward\u2019 On Raising Debt Ceiling\">debt ceiling increase<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The question was whether the United States would use the 14th Amendment and I think [Biden] and Secretary [of the Treasury Janet Yellen] have been very clear, that that will not solve our problems now,&#8221; Wally Adeyemo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-admin-to-ease-trump-sanctions-regime-on-key-american-adversaries\/\" title=\"Report: Biden Admin To Ease Trump Sanctions Regime On Key American Adversaries\">deputy treasury secretary<\/a>, told CNN Friday, before adding it was a definite &#8220;no.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, faced difficulty defending President Joe Biden&#8217;s weekend travel plans amid Democrats&#8217; frustration over his departure and lack of negotiation with House Republicans on the debt ceiling. 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