{"id":250734,"date":"2021-03-18T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T01:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=250734"},"modified":"2021-03-18T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T01:45:20","slug":"psaki-calls-situation-on-the-border-a-crisis-later-walks-it-back-when-reporter-points-out-her-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-calls-situation-on-the-border-a-crisis-later-walks-it-back-when-reporter-points-out-her-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Calls Situation On The Border A \u2018Crisis,\u2019 Later Walks It Back When Reporter Points Out Her Remark"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fpsaki-calls-situation-on-the-border-a-crisis-later-walks-it-back-when-reporter-points-out-her-remark%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=250734&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1970.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border a \u201ccrisis on the border\u201d during Thursday\u2019s press briefing, but later walked it back when a reporter pointed out to her what she had said.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki using the term \u201ccrisis on the border\u201d comes as the Biden administration has repeatedly refused to call the situation a \u201ccrisis.\u201d Even top Democrats have started <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/16\/joe-manchin-breaks-ranks-calls-border-situation-a-crisis\/\">calling<\/a> the situation a crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki used the term during the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/03\/18\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-secretary-of-housing-and-urban-development-marcia-l-fudge-march-18-2021\/\">exchange<\/a> [<strong>emphasis added<\/strong>]:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><em>REPORTER: So if I\u2019m hearing you, the vaccine was given. Were there expectations set with the Mexicans that they help deal with this situation on the border?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: The \u2014 we \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: Was there a quid pro quo?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: There have been ex \u2014 there have been expectations set outside of \u2014 unrelated \u2014 to any vaccine doses or request for them that they would be partners <strong>in dealing with the crisis on the border<\/strong>. And there have been requests, unrelated, that they \u2014 for doses of these vaccines. Every relationship has multiple layers of conversations that are happening at the same time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9047619047619\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8: Jen Psaki just broke with the administration, and called it &#8220;the crisis on the border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later corrected herself in another response! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8m9ee0Pz5\">pic.twitter.com\/I8m9ee0Pz5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cooper (@thejcoop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejcoop\/status\/1372601365235703810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Later during the press conference, a reporter pointed out to Psaki that she called the situation on the border a \u201ccrisis,\u201d to which she responded that it was a \u201cchallenge\u201d and that it was not a crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the exchange:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><em>REPORTER: Thank you, ma\u2019am. A couple of quick questions. When you were talking, a moment ago, about diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Mexico, you said \u201ccrisis on the border.\u201d&nbsp; Is \u2014 was that a \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Challenges on the border.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: Okay. But, so, that\u2019s not \u2014 that doesn\u2019t reflect any change in the administration\u2019s \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: No.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: \u2014 view of things?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Nope.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4842767295597\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When asked if there\u2019s a border crisis, Biden&#8217;s Press Secretary Jen Psaki says \u201cnope\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BO6lHm1tLS\">pic.twitter.com\/BO6lHm1tLS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tommy Pigott (@TCPigott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TCPigott\/status\/1372612330761109504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During another exchange, Psaki was pressed by a reporter about the messaging coming from the White House that the reporter said does not match what journalists on the ground are saying.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the exchange:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"49\">\n<p><em>REPORTER: The President has made it very clear in his recent interview that the border is not open, effectively that it\u2019s closed, except for these unaccompanied minors right now, under humanitarian grounds \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Yeah.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: \u2014 who are being welcomed into the U.S. But as we speak, crews from multiple outlets, including those from NBC News, are at the border and they\u2019re seeing many migrant families being accepted \u2014 young families being accepted into the country right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So can you square those two \u2014 when the message was that families and individuals were being sent home, but unaccompanied minors were being kept \u2014 why young families are, in fact, being kept here in the U.S. and detained?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Well, we\u2019ve talked about this a little bit in here before, but \u2014 and we are still applying Section 42, which \u2014 and with \u2014 the exception is, of course, unaccompanied minors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are \u2014 there are limited scenarios, limited circumstances where we are \u2014 very limited, I should say \u2014 where families are coming across, going through proper protocols at the border \u2014 being tested and then having their cases adjudicated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Part of this is that \u2014 part of the reasoning is that, of course, we\u2019ve closed Matamoros and some \u2014 there has been some less participation in keeping some of these families in Mexico than in the past. And many of these policies we have supported.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But the vast majority of people \u2014 vast, vast majority \u2014 who come to the border are turned away. The border is not open. These are very limited scenarios.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5769230769231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press Secretary Jen Psaki backtracks on the Biden administration\u2019s border crisis claims after reporters see migrants crossing the border<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xo4npcHJgo\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xo4npcHJgo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y0asfrYKDA\">pic.twitter.com\/Y0asfrYKDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1372600938322661380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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