{"id":814148,"date":"2021-09-25T16:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=814148"},"modified":"2021-09-25T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T20:59:15","slug":"watch-reporters-grill-psaki-about-biden-promising-border-patrol-agents-in-photos-will-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reporters-grill-psaki-about-biden-promising-border-patrol-agents-in-photos-will-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Reporters Grill Psaki About Biden Promising Border Patrol Agents In Photos \u2018Will Pay\u2019"},"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\">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%2Fwatch-reporters-grill-psaki-about-biden-promising-border-patrol-agents-in-photos-will-pay%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=814148&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\/09\/BIdenM-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Reporters from mainstream news organizations pressed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday over remarks from President Joe Biden, who said earlier in the day that the U.S. Border Patrol agents who were seen on horseback approaching migrants illegally entering the U.S. \u201cwill pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DHS Secretary several times said he didn\u2019t want to impair the integrity of the investigation into the Border Patrol agents. He said, \u2018I will not prejudge the facts,&#8217;\u201d ABC News reporter Karen Travers said. \u201cDid the president prejudge the facts when he said, \u2018I promise you those people will pay\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what you heard from the President is a very human and visceral response to those images, which I think reflects how a lot of people in the country felt when they saw them,\u201d Psaki claimed. \u201cThere is an investigation the Department of Homeland Security is overseeing. That will determine what the personnel decisions may be, any other policy decisions, and that needs to see itself through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the president wanted to make clear to people who watched those photos, who had understandably emotional responses, that that\u2019s not acceptable to him, even while the investigation is being \u2014 is being \u2014 is happening and moving forward,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat will determine what the consequences will look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.975409836066\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ABC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karentravers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KarenTravers<\/a>: Mayorkas \u201csaid he didn&#8217;t want to impair the integrity of investigation to the\u2026agents. He said, \u2018I will not prejudge the facts.\u2019 Did [Biden] prejudge the facts when he said \u2018I promise you those people will pay?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki insists Biden was just being human! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gR3apzMYDv\">pic.twitter.com\/gR3apzMYDv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1441486041152725001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CBS News\u2019 Steven Portnoy later followed up on Travers\u2019 question, asking, \u201cIs it your view or the White House\u2019s position that what the president said this morning is not legally operative, with respect to consequences, and these people \u2018paying\u2019 was simply his personal view and not representative of actions that the government will take?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president was not prejudging the outcome of an investigation either; the president was responding from his heart and responding to seeing horrific photos that we have seen over the last several days,\u201d Psaki claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he is the head of the executive branch; the Constitution vests him with the authority in Article Two,\u201d Portnoy continued. \u201cYou\u2019re saying that what he said will not necessarily be the outcome?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, there\u2019s an investigation that\u2019s ongoing,\u201d Psaki continued. \u201cI don\u2019t know that anyone saw those photos and didn\u2019t have a similar reaction to the president\u2019s, and that was what it was a reflection of.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1977401129944\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CBS&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevenportnoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StevenPortnoy<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m sure that the union officials and lawyers who will be representing these agents are going to wanna know: Is it your view or the White House&#8217;s position that what the President said this morning is not legally operative with respect to consequences[?]&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2gaNSSjSI\">pic.twitter.com\/u2gaNSSjSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1441494908909592576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"56\">\n<p><em>KAREN TRAVERS, ABC NEWS: Thanks, Jen. Two questions. The DHS Secretary several times said he didn\u2019t want to impair the integrity of the investigation into the Border Patrol agents. He said, \u201cI will not prejudge the facts.\u201d Did the president prejudge the facts when he said, \u201cI promise you those people will pay\u201d?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEN PSAKI, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: I think what you heard from the president is a very human and visceral response to those images, which I think reflects how a lot of people in the country felt when they saw them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There is an investigation the Department of Homeland Security is overseeing. That will determine what the personnel decisions may be, any other policy decisions, and that needs to see itself through.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But I think the president wanted to make clear to people who watched those photos, who had understandably emotional responses, that that\u2019s not acceptable to him, even while the investigation is being \u2014 is being \u2014 is happening and moving forward. That will determine what the consequences will look like.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEVEN PORTNOY, CBS NEWS: Just to put a fine point on your answer to Karen\u2019s question \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Sure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PORTNOY: \u2014 because I\u2019m sure that the union officials and lawyers who will be representing these agents are going to \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Yeah.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PORTNOY: \u2014 want to know: Is it your view or the White House\u2019s position that what the president said this morning is not legally operative, with respect to consequences, and these people \u201cpaying\u201d was simply his personal view and not representative of actions that the government will take?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: The president was not prejudging the outcome of an investigation either; the president was responding from his heart and responding to seeing horrific photos that we have seen over the last several days.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PORTNOY: But he is the head of the executive branch; the Constitution vests him with the authority in Article Two. You\u2019re saying that what he said will not necessarily be the outcome?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Again, there\u2019s an investigation that\u2019s ongoing. I don\u2019t know that anyone saw those photos and didn\u2019t have a similar reaction to the president\u2019s, and that was what it was a reflection of.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporters from mainstream news organizations pressed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday over remarks from President Joe Biden, who said earlier in the day that the U.S. Border &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814148","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}