{"id":399760,"date":"2021-04-08T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=399760"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:28:31","slug":"like-many-americans-she-got-a-snack-psakis-asked-why-harris-visited-chicago-bakery-but-not-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-many-americans-she-got-a-snack-psakis-asked-why-harris-visited-chicago-bakery-but-not-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like Many Americans, She Got A Snack\u2019: Psaki\u2019s Asked Why Harris Visited Chicago Bakery But Not Southern Border"},"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%2Flike-many-americans-she-got-a-snack-psakis-asked-why-harris-visited-chicago-bakery-but-not-southern-border%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=399760&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\/04\/fb_image-894.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Speaking at a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki initially dismissively answered a question from a reporter about Vice-President Kamala Harris taking time to visit a bakery in Chicago while avoiding taking a trip to visit the southern border. \u201cLike many Americans, she got a snack,\u201d said Psaki. \u201cI think she\u2019s allowed to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York Post reporter Steven Nelson pointed out that Harris had been named to lead the effort to address the crisis at the border but had not visited it, saying to Psaki, \u201cSo on immigration and the border, as we discussed here today, Vice President Harris has been put in charge of addressing the root causes of the border crisis. Last Tuesday, she spoke with Guatemala\u2019s president, but she hasn\u2019t visited the border or Central America or spoken to the leaders of El Salvador or Honduras.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nelson then asked, \u201cShe was traveling this week. Took time to visit a bakery in Chicago. I\u2019m wondering, is she still working on this? And can you address the perception that she\u2019s, kind of, quietly backing off while Secretary Mayorkas is pursuing some Trump-era policies, such as potentially building new border barriers and potentially prosecuting people who illegally cross multiple times?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, I would say the Vice President was visiting Chicago actually to talk about COVID and the importance of communities getting the vaccine when it\u2019s available and accessible to them. And so, while she was there, like many Americans, she got a snack. I think she\u2019s allowed to do that,\u201d Psaki replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut she was there to talk about COVID and play a role \u2014 as she\u2019s playing a significant role on our efforts to address vaccine hesitancy, communicate with the public about how we can do this, and it\u2019s \u2014 it\u2019s imperative to get the vaccine once available,\u201d Psaki added.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki then deflected by saying that Harris\u2019 \u201cteam\u201d had announced the formation of a team to address the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Second, I would say that yesterday \u2014 and this was actually a statement put out by her team \u2014 USAID announced the deployment of a DART team \u2014 we only have these in a couple of places in the world, so this is fairly significant \u2014 to respond to urgent humanitarian needs in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. This is meant to help address the immediate humanitarian needs, whether it\u2019s drought, food insecurity, ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And this is in communities that are still recovering. So that is actually an announcement made by the Vice President\u2019s team earlier today.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Psaki insisted that Harris was \u201ccommitted\u201d to the problem, arguing, \u201cThis is absolutely an issue that she is \u2014 remains committed to, is in the lead on. The Northern Triangle, which I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware of, but is not the same as the border. They\u2019re all related to each other, but addressing the North \u2014 being responsible in the lead on the Northern Triangle is working with these countries in the region, addressing the root causes, working with them on how we can address issues like long-term food insecurity, drought, the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, et cetera. That\u2019s what she\u2019s focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she stated, \u201cI don\u2019t have an update on when she\u2019ll travel. I\u2019m sure it will be soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mb872rPq9iY?start=4851&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>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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