white House Press secretary jane saki said on Wednesday that the President Joe BidenThe lack of official press conferences is more of a media problem for the American people than an issue.
“I think this is an issue related to the White House Press Corps … and the DC Press, it’s a matter of concern to the American public,” Psaki said in an interview.
When the Vice President was asked whether Saki gave a definite ‘yes’ answer? Kamala Harris She was receiving more criticism due to her status as a woman of color, and also admitted that her hardest lesson in the job came after mocking Space Force.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki (right) answers questions from Politico’s Anita Kumar during a Women’s Rules livestream event on Wednesday. She said it was more of a media problem than an issue for the American public that President Joe Biden held so few press conferences.
Psaki pointed to Biden’s habit of doing more casual Q&A with White House reporters when he travels or at events, arguing that he probably wants more questions this way than when he holds a formal press conference. answer to.
When interviewed by Politico’s Anita Kumar, Psaki shrugged off the idea that Biden was shy in any way.
Biden avoids formal press conferences when he travels or for more casual Q&A with reporters during events.
When he holds a press conference, he has made it standard practice to call on a pre-determined list of journalists.
‘I would say it is every journalist’s job to push for greater reach. That is their work. And if we were allowed to be interviewed or accessed by a journalist every time, we probably wouldn’t be doing our job,’ Saki said.
He argued that the debate over press conferences is ‘misunderstood’ because ‘it is really about how any president uses their time or how they engage with the media.’
“But it is not correct to suggest that it is not accessible or does not answer questions,” she said.
She argued that Biden, in a standard press conference, can only answer 10 to 15 questions, while he answers ’20, 30 questions a week’ in more casual encounters.
Psaki also argued, “President Biden has answered questions at these events twice as much as President Trump did at this time.”
Kumar asks Saki about her work performance, wondering what she considers her biggest mistake.
She said she regretted mocking the Space Force’s weeks in administration.
She said, “I regret being fickle in that moment and I don’t think there’s much room and room for flippancy because the issues we’re talking about are so important.”
Bloomberg’s Josh Wingrove was asked whether the president planned to have the Space Force, the sixth branch of the military, which Trump championed but was supported by lawmakers in both political parties.
‘Wow, Space Force. It’s today’s plane,’ she replied – referring to being asked whether Biden plans to have the color scheme that Trump wanted for the redesigned Air Force One.
Saki said he regretted mocking the Space Force during the early weeks of administration. ‘It has a strange name, even though their work is very important,’ she said on Wednesday
Saki said he wasn’t sure it was his “biggest mistake”.
‘But it’s one that stuck with me because I think there was an important lesson in it. And I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about the Space Force, frankly at the time, it has a weird name, even though their work is very important,’ she explained.
’ And I kind of gave a funny, flirtatious reply. And the lesson I took from it – and I knew it – is a greater responsibility to speak on behalf of the government,’ she continued. ,But even in those moments where you want to be – you can make jokes like you’re at dinner – you’re not. You are speaking on behalf of the US government.
She said that while she knew she didn’t need to be serious every moment, ‘you need to take every question seriously.’
Saki also admitted during the interview that he sometimes has trouble controlling his anger in the briefing room.
‘I’m an Irish man,’ he said, and ‘warm up a little.’
Saki also said that he was not sure when his last date in administration would be.
She originally signed on to stay for the first year.
Saki came to the defense of Vice President Kamala Harris over the weekend and gave a brief reply when Kumar asked her whether Harris was receiving more criticism because she is the first woman of color and the first woman to serve as vice president.
‘Yes,’ replied Saki.
‘Criticism from outside. Absolutely,’ he said after a pause.
“I think it’s been easy and hard for some of the right-wing people who have gone after her because she’s the first woman, the first woman of color,” the press secretary said.
Saki answered a definite ‘yes’ when asked whether Vice President Kamala Harris (pictured) was receiving more criticism because of her status as a woman of color
Psaki said that although it may never be publicly acknowledged, there is “no question” that the attacks on Harris are partly because she has been “over several times” the first time around.
“You have a lot on your shoulders,” said Psaki, while Harris wants to be seen as a “talented, seasoned expert, genuine policy person, partner of the president,” with few onslaught instead. Beyond’ – and they are because of his identity.
Kumar wanted to know whether those attacks were hurting and affecting Harris’ approval ratings, a historic low for vice presidents.
Saki replied, ‘I think we’ve seen, it’s not secret, Anita, some drop in approval ratings across the board. ‘We are very mindful of the fact that there are some challenges in this country, there are real challenges that people are going through. We are trying to fix them.
After listing several challenges she said, ‘they all go back to COVID.
He argued that the first president and vice president would be to say ‘the buck stops here’.
And the White House was trying to work and not worry too much about the numbers.
“Hopefully elections will be held later,” Saki said.
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