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Apr 9

JACQUI TIME: : “A couple days ago in Deaborn, there were protesters chanting, ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel.’ Does the President condemn that?”

KJP: “Yes.”

.@JacquiHeinrich: “Is the President at all concerned that Dearborn is becoming – is facing a risk of becoming a hotbed of any sort of homegrown threats?”

KJP: “I don't have any intelligence to share with you on that. Obviously, that's something that we're always very vigilant about, but don't have any national intelligence to share with you.”

Heinrich: “And then –”

KJP: “But, obviously, we will condemn any – any of violent rhetoric –”

Heinrich: “– would we be seeing a statement?”

KJP: “– which – which we have been very, I mean, you're hearing from me, right? You're asking me a question. I'm answering it and we've been very vigilant about – or very consistent about denouncing that type of that type of rhetoric.”

.@JacquiHeinrich: “Should we see a – should we expect a statement from the President on that? It was a pretty significant display.”

KJP: “I mean, you're hearing from me. I think that's important. The other part, too, that I do want to be very clear about – you know, peaceful protest is something that the President has also been very, very clear that is important for – to give folks space to peacefully protest, but any type of violent rhetoric, we are going to denounce.”

.@JacquiHeinrich: “And then, on some of the comments he made today, did – did the President mean to – essentially accuse Republicans of – of murder? I mean, the – the language that he was using to describe opposition to the Affordable Care Act – the quote was, um, ‘they want to terminate the Affordable Care Act. Terminate will – guess what – kill millions of Americans.’ Does he think that Republicans are trying to kill Americans?”

KJP: “I think you're – I think you're taking the most extreme – extreme definition or extreme evaluation of what the President said. Here's the reality. The Affordable Care Act, which obviously started in the Obama-Biden administration, the President expanded on that, making sure that people have affordable health care that saves lives. It does. It is important.”

Heinrich: “[Inaudible] use other language, though? It – it’s a stronger than usual –”

KJP: “But you're taking what he said to the most extreme part of – of your definition or your realization.”

Heinrich: “Well, he said it.”

KJP: “I know, but let's be – let's be really clear.”

Heinrich: “He – he said –”

KJP: “Let's –”

Heinrich: “– harm and –”

KJP: “– let's be really clear. People having health care is important. It saves lives. It is important to have that.”

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Apr 4

DOOCY TIME: “Did the CIA warn Israel or did President Biden warned Netanyahu today about an Iranian plan to attack inside Israel within 48 hours?”

WH’s John Kirby: “I’m not going to talk about intelligence matters, Peter. I think you can understand. Um, but, um, they didn't talk about a very public and very viable real threat by Iran to Israel's security, and I think I need to leave it at that. It's really as far as I can go.”

Doocy: “On October 7, President Biden said, ‘My administration's support for Israel's security is rock solid and unwavering.’ That is not true anymore, correct?”

WH’s John Kirby: “That — no, it is true.”

Doocy: “It —”

Kirby: “Still true today.”

Doocy: “— how support unwavering, but you're also reconsidering policy choices?”

Kirby: “Both can be true.”

Doocy: “They cannot be true. They're — they're completely different things.”

Kirby: “No, no, no. I just —”

Doocy: “He is —”

Kirby: “— I'm sorry.”

Doocy: “— he is wavering.”

Kirby: “Ah, now, now, now. Come on, Peter. Get out.”

Doocy: “How is he not?”

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Kirby: “Ah, come on. Come on now. As I said, and as it says in that readout, we made clear and — and he made it clear to the prime minister in his call that our support for Israel's self defense remains ironclad. They face a range of threats, and the United States isn't going to walk away from helping Israel defending itself. That said, you can say all that and you can act on that and you can believe that and the President does and still believe that the manner in which they're defending themselves against the Hamas threat needs to change and that is the conversation that we had today. But both things are true. Our support is ironclad and consistent. It's not going to — not going to stop. It’s not gonna — not gonna — not gonna waiver but — will, there perhaps be some policy changes we might have to make if we don't see policy changes out of Israel? Yes.”

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Mar 22

DOOCY TIME: “So, on this border video, what does President Biden think should happen to adult men who are assaulting and overpowering U.S. National Guardsmen?”

KJP: “Well, let me just first say we're grateful — and I said this moments ago — to Border Patrol agents for their — to — quickly — to quickly work and get the situation under control and apprehend the migrants. So, let — I want to be really clear that everyone who was apprehended was apprehended by Border Patrol. They were able to do their job, even though it's made it more — even though Republican governor — in particular Governor Abbott — has made it difficult for them. They need more resources. We need more personnel. I mean, we have to have the backs of our law enforcement on the ground — are — who are dealing with this every day, but Republicans are getting in the way. Republicans in Congress do not want to help and you have a governor — Governor Abbott — who's politicizing it. That is what's happening. Border Patrol agents did their job even though, you know, the governor is getting in the way of them doing their jobs.”

DOOCY: “Okay. But I get that you guys — you talk so much about having a more humane immigration system. This video does not show helpless women and children begging for a safe place to come in. It shows adult men landing haymakers on U.S. troops in uniform. If that was happening anywhere else in the world, wouldn’t President Biden sent reinforcements?”

KJP: “So, two things. Everyone was apprehended by the Border Patrol agents. That is important to note. They were apprehended.”

DOOCY: “Were they deported?”

KJP: “What — they were apprehended. I can't speak to individual — individual cases. That's not something I can do from here, but they were all apprehended. That's number one. And it — the reason why you're talking about the Texas National Guard — they were there because of the governor of Texas. The governor of Texas put the Texas National Guard there. We didn't put them there. He put them there. What we need is actually real solutions. We need to see resources. The Border Patrol agents deserve resources. They deserve to be able to do their jobs and we're not getting that from Republicans. They're rejecting a bipartisan agreement that came out of the Senate.”

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Mar 18

🧵ABC, CBS, and NBC have -- like the rest of the liberal media -- been absolutely losing their minds over Trump's "bloobath" line form Saturday.

Of course, some even admit he's being taken out of context, but insist it doesn't matter.

Like a cat chasing a flashlight, Trump has them in a tailspin.

First, my colleague @BonillaJL noticed the zanity on the Sunday political talk shows.

These shows are supposed to be substantive and serious, but they're low-brow and, as we saw last week with @NancyMace and Stephanopoulos, they're worse than hacks. newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge…

Then, @BonillaJL tore into ABC's chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce guest-anchoring 'World News Tonight' and how she spoke in halting tones about Trump's "bloodbath" line.

Stories like this are why I call her chief Biden apple polisher newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge…

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Mar 4

Colorado's Secretary of State Jena Griswold is NOT having a good day after SCOTUS said she couldn't remove Trump from her state's ballot:

“My...reaction is disappointment. I do believe that states should be able, under our institution, to bar oathbreaking insurrectionists...[T]his decision leaves open the door for Congress to...pass authorizing legislation, but we know that Congress is a merely non-functioning body. So, ultimately, it will be up to the American voters to save our democracy in November.”

Sidenote: MSNBC's Katy Tur introduced her as someone who still believes “Donald Trump is still an oathbreaking insurrectionist” and, in a petty swipe at the Supreme Court, noted she's an “elected” official.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D), suffering a near total breakdown:

“[I]t’s as clear as day what Donald Trump did: He incited that violent mob to rush on to the Capitol to try to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. And his attacks and his allies’ attacks on our democracy have not stopped. Their lies and disinformation have led to massive voter suppression efforts to threats against election workers and actually attacks on our election infrastructure. And they’re already laying the groundwork to undermine 2024. Regardless of this decision, American democracy still remains very much under attack and that threat and this upcoming election will be crucial for democracy survival in the United States.”

This woman is unhinged. It’s clear she only loves democracy if/when her side wins.

Pretty dangerous stuff from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D):

“Look, this upcoming election has, will have a big impact on our fundamental freedoms. The idea that women should have control over our own bodies. The idea that our democracy should remain in tact. And some really basic agreement among Americans will be effective in this upcoming election. What I hope for is that Americans pay really close attention and I’m immensely hopeful and optimistic that again, democracy will remain intact and this country will have centuries ahead of us with a strong representation.”

This person is there to COUNT votes, but she's sounding off on abortion and lobbying for Democratic wins? So much for election integrity.

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Jan 29

JACQUI TIME: “John, I just want to clarify two of your previous answers in this briefing. Are you suggesting, in response to the border question, that the President is withholding executive action on the border until he gets the money that is part of this supplemental?”

John Kirby: “No, I’m not suggesting that. I’m suggesting that the way forward — the proper way forward is to get the supplemental passed.”

.@JacquiHeinrich: “Okay. And then, in response to MJ’s question earlier, it sounded like the administration has ruled out strikes within Iran.”

Kirby: “Jacqui, I appreciate the question. I think you can understand — I hope you can understand I’m not gonna telegraph punches here. We are not looking for a war with Iran. We’re not looking to escalate the tensions anymore than they already have been escalating. In fact, everything we’ve done has been designed to try to deescalate those tensions. That said, this was a very serious attack. It had lethal consequences. We will respond and we’ll respond appropriately. And I’m not gonna telegraph what that’s going to look like.”

.@JacquiHeinrich: “The question, though, was if were actively considering targets inside Iran, and your answer was we don’t seek conflict with Iran, which indicates that the administration would view strikes within Iran as escalatory. And so, is it that the administration ultimately does not hold Iran responsible for these attacks, or that the current level of risk and lost U.S. troops is somehow acceptable?”

Kirby: “I do appreciate the question and the chance to — to say it again that I am not going to telegraph punches for the President of the United States. I’m not going to get ahead of his decisions based on how he’s going to respond. We;ll respond appropriately. And you’re — you know, you’re right. This attack had lethal consequences, which these attacks in the past have not had. And, as I said in my opening statement, as we work through what those options are, we’ll be mindful and informed by the fact that there are now three American soldiers that have been killed.”