Although Karine Jean-Pierre has been announced as the next White House Press Secretary for President Joe Biden, that doesn’t mean the current Secretary, Jen Psaki, is done shielding the White House from the wave of questions from the press. Throughout Psaki’s time at the White House, she has had to juggle a mountain of issues including the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, the Southern border crisis, and the numerous blunders of Sleepy Joe himself. With a little time left, it appears none other than Fox News’ Peter Doocy continued to debate with the Secretary about the subject of Roe v. Wade.
With a leaked document showing the ruling being overturned, the Democrat and liberals have already taken to the streets to voice their disdain for supposedly making abortions illegal. It should be noted that if the Supreme Court did overturn the decision, abortions would become a state matter. But that doesn’t seem to matter as activists are already planning to protest outside of the Supreme Court Justice’s houses.
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During a press conference on Thursday, Doocy asked, “You guys spent some time yesterday talking about what you think are … extreme wings of the Republican Party. Do you think the progressive activists that are now planning protests outside of justices’ houses are extreme?”
Doocy: "[Y]ou guys spent some time…talking about what you think are…extreme wings of the [GOP]. Do you think the progressive activists that are now planning protests outside of justices' houses are extreme?"
Psaki: "Peaceful protests? No. Peaceful protest is not extreme." pic.twitter.com/2zeaY4qXzY
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 5, 2022
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After suggesting they were not extreme due to being peaceful, Doocy added, “Some of these justices have young kids. Their neighbors are not all public figures, so would the president think about waving off activists that want to go into residential neighborhoods in Virginia and Maryland?”
Psaki: "We certainly encourage people to keep it peaceful & not resort to…violence. Let me tell you what I was referring to & what [Biden] was referring to yesterday."
Doocy: "Not about yesterday…[They] posted a map with the home addresses of the Supreme Court justices." pic.twitter.com/0SJsZUhBC6
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 5, 2022
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Not able to redirect the conversation, Psaki answered, “We certainly encourage people to keep it peaceful and not resort to any level of violence. Let me tell you what I was referring to and what the president was referring to yesterday.” She would add later, “Look, I think the president’s view is that there’s a lot of passion, a lot of fear, a lot of sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document.”
Again, Doocy continued pressing the issue, asking, “He doesn’t care if they’re protesting outside the Supreme Court or outside someone’s private residence?”
Doocy: "He doesn't care if [abortion activists are] protesting outside the Supreme Court or.. someone's private residence?"
Psaki: "I don't have an official…position on where people protest…We want it…to be peaceful….[They're] protesting is b/c women…are worried[.]" pic.twitter.com/2K5hC5Il9u
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 5, 2022
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Ultimately, Psaki admitted, “I don’t have an official U.S. Government position on where people protest,. I want it — we want it of course to be peaceful … I think we shouldn’t lose the point here, the reason people are protesting is because women across the country are worried about their fundamental rights that have been law for 50 years. Their rights to make choices about their own bodies and their own health care are at risk. That’s why people are protesting — they’re unhappy, they’re scared.”
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