{"id":2352061,"date":"2024-10-08T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-calls-peter-doocys-question-misinformation-ends-press-briefing-amid-heated-clash\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:32:06","slug":"karine-jean-pierre-calls-peter-doocys-question-misinformation-ends-press-briefing-amid-heated-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-calls-peter-doocys-question-misinformation-ends-press-briefing-amid-heated-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Karine Jean-Pierre Calls Peter Doocy&#8217;s Question &#8216;Misinformation,&#8217; Ends Press Briefing Amid Heated Clash"},"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\">26<\/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-calls-peter-doocys-question-misinformation-ends-press-briefing-amid-heated-clash%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=2352061&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>During a\u2063 recent White House briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had \u2063a tense\u200b interaction\u2063 with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy. Doocy raised a question\u200b regarding the \u200dBiden administration&#8217;s financial aid \u2062to civilians in Lebanon, juxtaposed with the \u2062assistance for Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene. This comparison appeared to unsettle Jean-Pierre, \u200dleading her to leave the podium abruptly after labeling Doocy\u2019s questioning as &#8220;misinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doocy highlighted that while funds could rapidly be \u200bdispatched to Lebanon without congressional approval, assistance \u2062for Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina required \u200ccongressional\u200b action. In response, Jean-Pierre cited the funding already allocated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-columnist-says-biden-is-focusing-on-hurricane-relief-because-ida-was-the-only-disaster-he-didnt-create\/\" title=\"WaPo Columnist Says Biden Is Focusing On Hurricane Relief Because Ida Was \u2018The Only Disaster He Didn\u2019t Create\u2019\">hurricane relief<\/a> but ultimately accused Doocy of spreading falsehoods, insisting his premise was incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange, which has drawn considerable public interest, was characterized by conservatives as \u200creflective\u2063 of a troubling \u200bdisparity in the administration\u2019s priorities, emphasizing\u2064 how\u200b American\u200b needs \u2064are \u2062often placed behind international concerns. Jean-Pierre\u2019s distressed reaction further fueled speculation about the \u200badministration&#8217;s handling of domestic disaster relief.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre couldn&rsquo;t stand the heat &mdash; and got away from the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>During a tense exchange at Monday&rsquo;s White House briefing, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked a question that contrasted the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s publicly announced aid to civilians in Lebanon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-deals-hezbollah-another-devastating-blow-kills-leader-targeted-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">displaced by fighting<\/a> versus Americans hit hard by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fema-whistleblowers-step-forward-troubling-allegations-helene-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> in Southeastern states.<\/p>\n<p>And he touched a nerve so sensitive Jean-Pierre abruptly stalked from the podium.<\/p>\n<p>The video is below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"10\/07\/24: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9u7okevL0os?start=2761&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>For a little background, Doocy was asking about aid to Lebanon &mdash; announced in a post Vice President Kamala Harris published Saturday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am concerned about the security and well-being of civilians suffering in Lebanon and will continue working to help meet the needs of all civilians there,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VP\/status\/1842710797241434259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That came a day after President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/10\/04\/letter-to-congress-on-disaster-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote a letter<\/a> to the leaders of the House and Senate asking Congress to approve funding to help the victims of Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On this issue of funding,&rdquo; Doocy said. &ldquo;The administration has money to send to Lebanon without Congress coming back, but Congress does have to come back to approve money to send to people in North Carolina. Do I have that right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>KJP, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/peter-doocy-confronts-kjp-misleading-kamala-harris-talking-points-card-handed-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stung by Doocy&rsquo;s questions<\/a> in the past, was clearly discomfited. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2024\/10\/07\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-70\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House transcript<\/a> shows, she rattled off numbers of dollars already spent in the hurricane zone before tacitly accusing Doocy of spreading &ldquo;disinformation, misinformation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then she made it explicit:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your whole premise of the question is misinformation, sir,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, conservative commentator Bill Mitchell called the exchange &ldquo;unreal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UNREAL: Doocy grills KJP on why the Biden\/Harris admin can rush funds to Lebanon without Congress, but can&rsquo;t do the same for NC disaster relief. KJP calls it &ldquo;misinformation,&rdquo; then storms out after a heated exchange. What&rsquo;s going on here?!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/88BzgR6OI9\">pic.twitter.com\/88BzgR6OI9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchellvii\/status\/1843376396699349306?\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But some commenters found it all too real:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How dare Peter question the regime! She was saying be quiet you peasant!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wayne Moore (@wm98636) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wm98636\/status\/1843394885409485079?\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She is incapable of telling the truth whenever it reflects badly on this administration.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; denvlinn (@denvlinn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/denvlinn\/status\/1843388184337756569?\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You know what&rsquo;s going on. American Citizens in mostly Red Counties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t take priority over illegal aliens and &ldquo;Lebanon&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louis Buchalter (@lepke2112) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lepke2112\/status\/1843382822389854281?\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even Jean-Pierre seemed to realize she hadn&rsquo;t done herself any favors &mdash; nor had she helped her boss, nor had she helped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harris-campaign-admits-kamala-losing-key-states-falling-behind-desperate--supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris presidential campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She and Doocy sparred a little further &mdash; &rdquo; You can&rsquo;t call a question that you don&rsquo;t like &ldquo;misinformation,&rdquo; he said at one point.<\/p>\n<p>Then she called it quits and headed for the door.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thanks, everybody,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During a heated moment at Monday&#8217;s briefing, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy posed a question comparing the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s aid to civilians in Lebanon with assistance for Americans affected by Hurricane Helene. His inquiry clearly struck a nerve, prompting Jean-Pierre to abruptly leave the podium. <\/p>\n<p>For context, Doocy was referencing aid to Lebanon that Vice President Kamala Harris had mentioned in a recent post on X, expressing concern for civilians there. This announcement came just after President Biden requested Congress approve funding for Hurricane Helene victims.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy pointed out that while funds could be sent to Lebanon without Congressional approval, assistance for North Carolina required it. Jean-Pierre appeared uncomfortable and accused Doocy of spreading &#8220;disinformation.&#8221; She explicitly stated that his question was based on misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Bill Mitchell described their exchange as &#8220;unreal,&#8221; questioning why funds could be expedited to Lebanon but not for disaster relief in North Carolina. 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