white House Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sidestepped a question from a reporter who had asked whether Joe Biden is “awake”.
James Rosen, newsmax White House correspondents who previously worked with Fox Newsasked about Ms. Jeanne-Pierre Mr. Biden’s so-called “awakening” — the most “major topic” raised by Republicans.
“And so, we hear a lot of talk about ‘awakened capitalism,’ ‘awakened military,’ and so on. And through trying to articulate this for the American people, I wonder if we’re coming to terms with a threshold question. Can’t start: Has President Biden woke up? He said.
The question prompted subdued amusement and subtle grins in the briefing room on Tuesday before the press secretary went on to talk about what was really important to the president.
“So, let me tell you what the President cares about and what’s important to this President,” she said.
“The president doesn’t care about — what Republicans are trying to do in making political stunts, in getting out of things that they think benefit them politically, not the American people, not That’s what matters to the American people.” people, but what benefits them politically for their own sake, for their ability to move forward.
Rosen cut in: “So you wouldn’t describe him as ‘woke’?”
The White House press secretary continued to speak and said that Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and don’t really want to deal with issues that matter to Americans.
“This is not what we are about,” she said. “We are fighting for these – these programs. And that’s what you’re going to see from the President, and that’s what he cares about.
Most recently, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders accused Mr Biden of being a slave to the “woke up mob” in a Republican response to the president’s call. Union Address State It leans heavily on the social conservatism that has animated much of the GOP.
Ms Sanders, who won her re-election last year, said the country’s ideals were under attack.
“I am the first woman to lead my state,” she said. “He (his former boss Donald Trump) is the first person to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can’t even tell you what a woman is.”
While wok culture originated in the mid-19th century, the word “wok” gained prominence in the mid-2010s during the original Black Lives Matter movement.
The term is used to identify someone who is informed, educated, and a strong advocate of social justice and racial equality.
However, it has been used by conservatives as a pejorative term indicating that there are systemic injustices in American society and has been rejected by Republicans such as Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.