{"id":2290789,"date":"2024-07-08T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-turns-on-white-house-at-fiery-press-briefing-over-bidens-health-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T19:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:13:22","slug":"press-turns-on-white-house-at-fiery-press-briefing-over-bidens-health-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-turns-on-white-house-at-fiery-press-briefing-over-bidens-health-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Press turns on White House at fiery press briefing over Biden&#8217;s health- Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fpress-turns-on-white-house-at-fiery-press-briefing-over-bidens-health-washington-examiner%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=2290789&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>The article discusses a press briefing at\u200b the White House where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre faced tough questions about President\u200b Biden&#8217;s mental capacity to continue \u200chis job. Reporters questioned her about visits from a specialist in Parkinson&#8217;s disease and whether Biden had been treated for \u200bthe condition. Jean-Pierre repeatedly dodged direct questions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navalnys-doctors-arrested-outside-russian-prison\/\" title=\"Navalny\u2019s doctors arrested outside Russian prison\">citing security concerns<\/a>.\u200d The briefing reflected the ongoing concerns \u200cabout Biden&#8217;s health and fitness for office. Later, Jean-Pierre defended \u2064past statements about the president&#8217;s medical exams, accusing reporters of waging personal attacks. The article also mentions Biden&#8217;s letter to Democratic colleagues reaffirming his intention to stay in the\u2063 2024 campaign and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-out-biden-admin-failure-over-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Republicans call out Biden admin. failure over disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal\">recent media appearances<\/a> to address \u200dconcerns about his candidacy. Biden&#8217;s actions are seen as efforts to \u200ddispel doubts following a shaky \u2064debate performance against Trump.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span 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td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T18:11:06-04:00\">July 8, 2024 6:11 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1697809\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Hours after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3073044\/trump-model-for-how-biden-survives-calls-end-candidacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit out at \u201celites\u201d<\/a> attempting to oust him from power, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> faced a barrage of questions from reporters demanding to know whether her boss had the mental capacity to continue the job.<\/p>\n<p>During a frequently awkward and uncomfortable press conference in the Brady Briefing Room, Jean-Pierre repeatedly attempted to duck direct questions about Biden\u2019s mental acuity, often citing security concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, news broke that Dr. Kevin Cannard, a specialist in Parkinson\u2019s disease, visited the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/parkinsons-expert-white-house.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight times in eight months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Jean-Pierre was pressed for specifics about those visits, things got testy.<\/p>\n<p>One particularly heated exchange saw Ed O\u2019Keefe of CBS News repeatedly ask the press secretary to \u201cstate very clearly yes or not\u201d if any of Cannard\u2019s trips to the White House were to treat the president.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of answering the question directly, Jean-Pierre told the assembled reporters that Biden had undergone three neurological exams since entering office as part of his annual physicals \u2014 but she declined to elaborate on Cannard\u2019s trips, saying she was bound by personal security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how hard you push me. It doesn\u2019t matter how angry you get with me from here,\u201d Jean-Pierre added after O\u2019Keefe voiced additional frustration with \u201chow information has been shared with the press corps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a heated back-and-forth, Jean-Pierre eventually declared that Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3073395\/white-house-denies-biden-being-treated-parkinsons-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"never been treated for Parkinson's.\">never been treated for Parkinson\u2019s.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas the president been treated for Parkinson\u2019s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson\u2019s? No. Is he taking medication for Parkinson\u2019s? No,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n<p>The heated Monday exchange reflects the disconnect between what the White House has repeatedly said about Biden\u2019s fitness for office and his shaky debate performance against former President Donald Trump, which sparked serious concerns among voters about Biden\u2019s ability to serve. The White House has been hammered by the press since then about whether there have been misrepresentations about Biden\u2019s health, who at age 81 is the oldest serving president.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the briefing, in response to a question from <em>Reuters<\/em>\u2018 Andrea Shalal, Jean-Pierre defended past statements made by herself and other White House officials about the president\u2019s medical exams by accusing reporters of waging \u201cpersonal attacks\u201d against the press office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that I\u2019m withholding information or allude to anything else is not unfair. It\u2019s really, really unfair,\u201d she stated. \u201cAnd I will admit I will be the first one to admit, sometimes I get it wrong. At least I admit that. At least I admit that. And sometimes I don\u2019t have the information. And I will always always admit that. But I do take offense to what was just happening at the beginning of this briefing. It\u2019s not ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC News\u2019s Kelly O\u2019Donnell, president of the White House Correspondents Association, followed up on a similar line of questioning to find \u201cclarity\u201d on Cannard\u2019s visits, leading to Jean-Pierre reiterating that \u201cpersonal attacks are not ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre also sparred with The Grio\u2019s April Ryan about the president\u2019s messaging strategies ahead of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re asking me to speak to two things that I can\u2019t speak to from here. That is something that the campaign and the convention can speak,\u201d she stated. \u201cYou may not like my answer, but I\u2019m telling you. The president\u2019s going to continue to go out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the briefing, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby had been pressed on Biden\u2019s age and mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my experience, the last 2 1\/2 years, I have not seen any reason whatsoever to question or doubt his lucidity, his grasp of context, his probing nature, and the degree to which he is completely in charge of facts and figures,\u201d Kirby said, adding he was \u201cuncomfortable\u201d with the line of questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The hostile press conference came hours after Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3072522\/biden-congressional-democrats-letter-end-talk-2024-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote a letter to Democratic colleagues<\/a>, telling them that he has no intention of bowing out of the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 42 days to the Democratic Convention and 119 days to the general election,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAny weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us. It is time to come together, move forward as a united party, and defeat Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He immediately followed up the release of that letter by taking a leaf out of Trump\u2019s book and phoning into a cable news breakfast show, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3073325\/biden-self-destructive-morning-joe-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in this case, it was MSNBC\u2019s <em>Morning Joe<\/em>,<\/a> as opposed to Fox News\u2019s <em>Fox &#038; Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the call, Biden appeared angry and made several key talking points against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>On Democrats looking to oust him, he declared: \u201cAny of these guys that don\u2019t think I should run, run against me. Announce for president. Challenge me at the convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden blitz comes as he attempts to put to rest any doubts about his candidacy following a disastrous debate 10 days ago against Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3068503\/democrats-who-say-biden-should-drop-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called on him to exit the race\">called on him to exit the race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Monday\u2019s briefing in full below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OLteUg3bBbs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"07\/08\/24: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLteUg3bBbs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1697809\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1697809\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House faced tough questions about President Biden&#8217;s mental capacity during a fiery press briefing, with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre avoiding direct answers about his health. Jean-Pierre was pressed about visits from a Parkinson&#8217;s disease specialist, but she insisted that Biden has not been treated for the condition. The press conference highlighted concerns about Biden&#8217;s fitness for office, especially after a shaky debate performance. Jean-Pierre defended the White House&#8217;s statements about Biden&#8217;s health and accused reporters of making personal attacks. 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