“I can’t even believe you are asking me this question. That is an incredibly offensive question to ask,” says triggered WH press secretary.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly hung up during a radio interview Tuesday after the host asked her if Joe Biden has dementia.
Jean-Pierre bristled at the question posed by WBT radio News Director Mark Garrison, calling it both “insulting” and “offensive.”
“When I told a number of people I was talking to you today, it was interesting, they all said ‘Would you please just ask her, does the president have dementia?’” Garrison asked Jean-Pierre.
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Triggered Jean-Pierre shot back, “I can’t even believe you are asking me this question. That is an incredibly offensive question to ask.”
Garrison pointed out, “But you know people ask it…” before Jean-Pierre cut him off.
“You are taking us down this rabbit hole,” she said. “Let me be very clear about this, for the past several years the president’s physician has laid out in a comprehensive way the president’s health. If you really pay attention to his record and what he’s done, you will see exactly how focused he’s been on the American people. How historic his actions have been.”
“I’m not even going to truly, truly take the premise of your question,” she continued, raising her voice. “It is incredibly insulting and we can move on to the next question.”
Garrison then moved on to skyrocketing gas and grocery prices, which Jean-Pierre begrudgingly addressed by blaming inflation on Russian President Vladimir Putin (and not the Federal Reserve’s money-printing to meet government spending needs).
“And with that, thank you so much, Mark. Have an amazing, amazing day,” she said before hanging up, leaving only a dial tone on the line.
Whether the question is “insulting” or not, polls show the majority of voters doubt Biden’s cognitive capacity to serve another term.