Jean-Pierre and Doocy Clash Over Alleged 'Coverup' of Biden's Health

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00:00Let's listen in.

00:01I'm doing okay.

00:02I haven't seen you in a while.

00:05Well, you guys haven't had a press briefing since President Biden dropped out of the race.

00:11The president hasn't been here.

00:13He just got here yesterday.

00:14And now I'm here taking your questions.

00:16Thank you.

00:17And I've taken about three or four at this point from you.

00:21Well, it would seem that people in this White House knew that President Biden was slipping

00:28and it was hidden from the American people.

00:31So who ordered White House officials to cover up a declining president?

00:37I know that that is a narrative that you love.

00:40No, no, no, no.

00:42He did a press conference at NATO.

00:44I'm in it.

00:45There's all these things that I need to finish.

00:47And then 10 days later, I'm dropping out.

00:49Okay.

00:50Okay.

00:51You're asking me like two multiple questions here.

00:53Let me wait.

00:54Wait.

00:55First of all, there's been no cover up.

00:57I want to be very clear about that.

00:59I know that's the narrative that you all want.

01:01Wait.

01:02No, no, no.

01:03You kidding?

01:04Okay.

01:05I've been with President Biden for five years.

01:06Are you going to let me answer the question?

01:08Would you at least admit that the debate was not just a bad night?

01:11Wait.

01:12Can I answer the question?

01:13Yes.

01:14All right.

01:15Are you sure?

01:16Yes.

01:17Okay.

01:18To your first question, it is not a cover up.

01:19I know that is the narrative that you all want.

01:22It is not.

01:24I'm going to say this again.

01:26And you're going to hear directly from the President.

01:29I hope you listen tonight.

01:30I think it's going to be incredibly powerful and important.

01:32The Oval Office.

01:33Presidents, as you know, when they make speeches from the Oval Office,

01:37it's because there are important moments that they want to directly make sure

01:41that the American people hear from them.

01:43And it's obviously going to be done in prime time.

01:45I would listen to the President.

01:47And then what I will say is that it is not easy making a decision

01:53that the President made on Sunday.

01:55It is just not.

01:56It is not.

01:58And as all of you have reported, it is historic.

02:01It is unusual.

02:03This is not the norm.

02:04And making a decision like that for someone who has been in public service

02:08for 54 years, U.S. Senator for 36, Vice President to President Obama for 8,

02:16and now a first term as President himself.

02:20These are not easy decisions to make.

02:22They're just not.

02:23And so the fact that he was able to make that decision in a selfless way,

02:28that's admirable.

02:30One of the decisions he made,

02:32President Biden wants Vice President Harris to be the standard bearer

02:36of the party now.

02:38Does she still want to get rid of ICE?

02:41You have seen what this administration has been able to do

02:45in the past three and a half years.

02:48And they did that with the Vice President as a partner in that.

02:54And Republicans got in the way.

02:56The President went around Republicans

02:58and was able to get thousands of personnel at the border.

03:02And now we are seeing a 50% drop at the border.

03:06And that's because of what this President has done.

03:08As a partner, though, she's been in charge of root causes of migration for years.

03:13She has never spoken to the Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens

03:16or the Border Patrol Chief before him, Raul Ortiz.

03:20What should that tell us about her leadership style?

03:23She was supposed to be doing root causes dealing with diplomacy.

03:26Diplomacy. Wait. Diplomacy.

03:29That's what her job was supposed to be.

03:32Diplomatic.

03:35That's the job.

03:37And I understand that you're asking these questions,

03:42but we should also look at Congressional Republicans who got in the way.

03:46Literally got in the way of everything that this President was trying to do

03:50to deal with the border.

03:51They got in the way.

03:52They would say one thing and then they would change their mind.

03:55They would say, we want Border Patrol,

03:57we want a deal on what's happening at the border,

04:02and then they would walk away from it.

04:04And they did it because of what the former President said.

04:08You guys reported that. That's not coming from me.

04:11Your colleagues reported that the former President said,

04:14let's not move forward with this proposal because it's going to help Joe Biden.

04:18I mean, that's also the reality.

04:20You've got to talk about both sides here.

04:23Good.

04:24Great.

04:25I get that you don't probably want to give us a specific name,

04:34but were there any names that came forward that surprised you of Democratic officials

04:38in the last week who stabbed President Biden in the back?

04:40I don't have anything else to say.

04:41Go ahead, April.

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