{"id":1955653,"date":"2023-06-23T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-the-white-house-press-corps-demands-bidens-spokesman-be-fired\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T18:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:17:47","slug":"its-time-the-white-house-press-corps-demands-bidens-spokesman-be-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-the-white-house-press-corps-demands-bidens-spokesman-be-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Press Corps must demand the dismissal of Biden&#8217;s spokesperson."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fits-time-the-white-house-press-corps-demands-bidens-spokesman-be-fired%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=1955653&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>The Art of Dodging Questions: White House Press Secretary Under Fire<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again: To be a good White House press secretary, you need to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-the-numbers-the-state-of-bidens-america-is-absolutely-abysmal\/\" title=\"By The Numbers: The State Of Biden\u2019s America Is Absolutely @#%&#038;* Abysmal\">highly skilled liar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cream of the crop will bob and weave, dodge and divert, make it seem like they\u2019re answering a question while saying nothing at all. But President Joe Biden\u2019s flack, Karine Jean-Pierre, while a big, fat liar whose pants are clearly on fire, is not at all skilled in the art of mendacity that her predecessors possessed.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, KJP got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wh-flacks-bombarded-with-questions-about-hunters-damning-whatsapp-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hammered<\/a> by reporters \u2014 and this time, even the renowned Peter Baker of The New York Times got his brethren\u2019s backs when Biden\u2019s spokesman just flat-out refused to answer questions.<\/p>\n<h3>The Hunter Biden Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>The daily briefing\u2019s questions centered on new information from IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who told members of Congress that Hunter Biden once threatened Chinese business associate Henry Zhao by saying his father was sitting right next to him and that Zhao would \u201cregret not following my direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre tried to divert (as she often does) by putting White House National Security Council John Kirby at the podium first. But when it was her turn, Newsmax\u2019s James Rosen, formerly of Fox News (and a guy who can do a spot-on impersonation of Howard Cosell) asked about Biden\u2019s previous claims that he knew nothing of Hunter\u2019s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>After Rosen got nowhere, Baker jumped in. \u201cCan I follow up on that? So Kirby wouldn\u2019t answer James\u2019 question though, are you gonna\u2019 answer the question? It\u2019s not an unreasonable question to ask when the president of the United States was involved, as this message seems to suggest, in some sort of coercive conversation for business dealings by his son. Is that something? If he wasn\u2019t, maybe you should tell us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate the question. I believe my colleague at the White House counsel has answered this question,\u201d Jean-Pierre said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-the-white-house-press-corps-demands-bidens-spokesman-be-fired\/\" title=\"White House Press Corps must demand the dismissal of Biden's spokesperson.\">referring reporters back<\/a> to the Department of Justice and Kirby. Now, covering the White House for a dozen years, I know that diversion \u2014 those guys don\u2019t talk. What\u2019s more, reporters were simply asking Biden\u2019s flack about what <em>he<\/em> did, a question KJP should be able to answer.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in a while, reporters got each other\u2019s backs. The New York Post\u2019s Steven Nelson followed up, asking Jean-Pierre to answer his colleagues\u2019 questions after she claimed she had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you didn\u2019t: Yes or no, was the president involved in the shakedown attempt?\u201d Nelson asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteven I just answered the question \u2026 It\u2019s not up to you how I answer the question,\u201d Jean-Pierre said, adding that her answer was that the White House counsel have responded to the question (they haven\u2019t).<\/p>\n<p>Rosen then popped back in, asking if Jean-Pierre stands by her declaration that Biden had no knowledge of Hunter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">foreign business dealings<\/a>. \u201cNothing has changed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>KJP tried to shut it all down, calling on another reporter, this time from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-europe-trip-a-bumbling-stumbling-blundering-and-embarrassing-debacle\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Europe Trip A Bumbling, Stumbling, Blundering \u2014 And Embarrassing \u2014 Debacle\">friendly mainstream media<\/a>. But CBS News\u2019 Weijia Jiang asked the same question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo follow up on what my colleague was saying in regard to this text message and what the president\u2019s son was alleging: Was the president there or not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would refer to my colleagues at the White House counsel,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>Then another MSM reporter followed up. \u201cKarine, have you spoken to the president about this? Have you asked him whether he was there with his son on July 30th \u2014 \u201d NBC News\u2019 Monica Alba began before Jean-Pierre cut her off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a conversation I\u2019ve had with the president and again, I\u2019d refer you to the White House counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you plan to have that conversation with the president?\u201d Alba followed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>And there you have it. The White House will not be held to account by the Fourth Estate charged with holding the powerful to account.<\/p>\n<p>Time to fire Karine Jean-Pierre.<\/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>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve emphasized this before and I&#8217;ll reiterate: A proficient White House press secretary must excel in the art of deception. The best ones skillfully evade, deflect, and create an illusion of addressing inquiries while providing no substantial answers. 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