{"id":2246258,"date":"2024-05-16T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doocy-corners-kjp-was-bidens-debate-challenge-an-attempt-to-change-the-subject-from-bad-polling\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:24:50","slug":"doocy-corners-kjp-was-bidens-debate-challenge-an-attempt-to-change-the-subject-from-bad-polling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doocy-corners-kjp-was-bidens-debate-challenge-an-attempt-to-change-the-subject-from-bad-polling\/","title":{"rendered":"Doocy Corners KJP: Did Biden&#8217;s Debate Challenge Aim to Shift Focus from Negative Poll Numbers?"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fdoocy-corners-kjp-was-bidens-debate-challenge-an-attempt-to-change-the-subject-from-bad-polling%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=2246258&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 reporter \u2064Peter Doocy challenged White\u200b House Press \u200dSecretary Karine Jean-Pierre during a briefing about President Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oz-taunts-fetterman-with-announcement-of-sixth-debate-2\/\" title=\"Oz taunts Fetterman with announcement of sixth debate\">debate invitation<\/a>, questioning if it was a tactic to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-fraud-evidence-mounts-as-democrats-divert-attention-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"Election fraud evidence mounts as Democrats divert attention\">divert attention<\/a> \u2062from poor\u2064 poll\u2064 results. Jean-Pierre\u200c avoided the query, focusing on the\u2064 administration&#8217;s\u2062 achievements instead of political\u2063 analysis. Doocy persisted, suggesting the debate offer signaled an\u2063 attempt to shift the narrative due to unfavorable polling data.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy cornered White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during Wednesday\u2019s briefing, asking her whether President Joe Biden had suddenly offered a debate challenge to \u201cdistract\u201d from his plummeting poll numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy referenced Biden\u2019s surprise debate challenge \u2014 issued via a 15-second video that included at least five jump cuts and Biden uttering the phrase \u201cmake my day\u201d \u2014 and pressed Jean-Pierre on the reason behind it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you don\u2019t want to talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-blames-the-childless-left-for-the-decline-of-the-american-family\/\" title=\"JD Vance Blames The \u2018Childless Left\u2019 For The Decline Of The American Family\">campaign stuff<\/a> \u2014\u201d Doocy began, and Jean-Pierre agreed. \u201cSo I would just look for your insight then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even that I don\u2019t want to. I can\u2019t. I can\u2019t \u2014\u201d Jean-Pierre objected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow about your \u2014 insight as the most prominent political communicator in the world. The White House press secretary,\u201d Doocy said then, asking, \u201cDoes a person generally want to debate when they are winning or losing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to do political punditry from here, my friend. I\u2019m just not going to do it,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOOCY TIME: \u201cI know you don&#8217;t want to talk about campaign stuff, so I would just look for your in \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJP: \u201cI really don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: \u201c\u2014 I would just look for your insight then \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJP: \u201cIt\u2019s not even when I don&#8217;t want to. I can&#8217;t. I can&#8217;t \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: \u201c\u2014 then how about your \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJP:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6O74rQS3xT\">pic.twitter.com\/6O74rQS3xT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1790835216543572191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShould we see this sudden offer from the President to debate as a signal that you guys realize you need to change the subject after some really bad polling?\u201d Doocy asked then.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre skirted the question, instead talking about some of the things she viewed as Biden\u2019s successes. \u201cYou know, we went to \u2014 had a back and forth on polling yesterday. Um \u2014 and \u2014 I \u2014 you know, it just goes back to \u2014 very \u2014 the core of what I said to you, which is, look, this is a President that has had a pretty successful legislative \u2014 especially legislative tenure in the first three and a half years and has delivered on many things that are popular to the American people and we\u2019re going to continue to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715966858845000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0CjpKbgEgpCXchCtotzUFs\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it relates to the debate, you gotta talk to the campaign about it. That is a question for the campaign, and I\u2019m sure they are eager \u2014 eager to answer your questions, Peter,\u201d Jean-Pierre concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: \u201cThen not a debate-specific question, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-bidens-top-advisers-leaves-white-house-to-shill-for-corporate-america\/\" title=\"One Of Biden\u2019s Top Advisers Leaves White House To Shill For Corporate America\">debate prep<\/a> \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJP: \u201cOh gosh!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DOOCY: \u2014 is something that traditionally can happen here at the White House. Who is going to stand in during the prep for Donald Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJP: \u201cWho&#8217;s going to stand in? Do you want to stand in for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b6epGZB6qe\">pic.twitter.com\/b6epGZB6qe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1790836988158906547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThen not a debate-specific question, but debate prep is something that traditionally can happen here at the White House. Who is going to stand in during the prep for Donald Trump?\u201d Doocy asked.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre joked that perhaps the Biden campaign would invite Doocy himself to fill that role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s going to stand in? Do you want to stand in for Donald Trump? Do you want to do that? I can connect you with the campaign. That might be fun for you,\u201d Jean-Pierre suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, so you\u2019re saying I can go debate Joe Biden behind the scenes?\u201d Doocy asked, clearly surprised \u2014 and several of the reporters in the briefing room laughed at the prospect. \u201cFor as long as I want? Actually, YES!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think \u2014 I think that might be fun for both of you. It might be fun for both of you. I think \u2014 I think that might be fun. I don\u2019t have anything for you on that, but I appreciate the question. I appreciate you trying,\u201d Jean-Pierre said, before moving on to the next question.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Wednesday briefing, Fox News&#8217; Peter Doocy pressed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Joe Biden&#8217;s debate challenge. Doocy questioned if the challenge was a tactic to divert attention from Biden&#8217;s declining poll numbers. The challenge, delivered via a 15-second video with multiple cuts, raised speculation about Biden&#8217;s intentions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2246259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2153113331.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2153113331.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}