Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy appears to have had a rough day at the White House press conference after asking bipartisan questions to Press Secretary Jen Psaki that were apparently meant to offset the right-wing network’s falling ratings helping without bringing any merit to the American public.
“President Trump introduced travel restrictions specifically for China in March,” Doocy said, beginning his question. “The then candidate Biden called it ‘xenophobic’ and ‘scare tactics’. Now President Biden is putting travel restrictions on people coming from other countries. What words would you use to describe it? “He asked.
“Well, I don’t think that’s a pretty fair articulation,” Psaki replied. “It was clear to the president that he considered the Muslim ban to be xenophobic. he lifted the Muslim ban. But he also supported, and he himself – even before we did, I should say, even before he was privy to it – steps, travel restrictions to protect the American people, to make sure we got the pandemic under control, that was it was part of his policy, but he criticized the former president for policies no wider than travel restrictions, and he conveyed, at the time and more recently, the importance of a multi-faceted approach, wearing masks and distributing vaccines, funding, to get 100 million shots into Americans’ arms in the first 100 days, not just travel restrictions. “
Not a good start for Fox here pic.twitter.com/GaTsrrOP8k
– Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 25, 2021
For the record, Candidate Biden accused President Trump of “xenophobia” but not in response to Trump’s ban on China (which was not an actual ban, given that at least 40,000 people from China could still enter the US).
The historian Michael Beschloss made this general remark:
Briefing at the White House shows courtesy and respect. What was old is new again.
– Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 25, 2021
Meanwhile, Doocy was quickly derided on social media.
I love how gracefully she answers them. She is not combative. She is not in defense mode. So refreshing from all the monsters of the previous administrator. Jen just spits out facts and closes them.
– politico (@politicalhaus) January 25, 2021
Douchy comes with preloaded, insincere questions to ignite, and Psaki would just calmly shoot back with facts and truths right in his face.
– Chris “New Hope” 2021 (@ CChang1124) January 25, 2021
I love how she shuts down her BS with a full, intelligent, articulate response and does so without telling any lies.
– Diane (@ DianeC0710) January 25, 2021
This wasn’t his first stupid question
– BabyLisa (@ sidecar542) January 25, 2021
Peter Douchey is obsessed with finding inconsistencies in Biden statements (that don’t exist) and couldn’t be less interested in asking meaningful questions that actually provide new information to the American people.
– MightyMary007 (@ Mary007Mighty) January 25, 2021
… And now let’s look at how @PressSec turns Peter Doocy into a crumbled piece of trash that is tossed in a trash. https://t.co/IcKFzzbXxM
– Luis Miguel Echegaray (@lmechegaray) January 25, 2021
@PressSec Jen Psaki is the bomb! It defines #GraceUnderFire
– Putin: Navalny Now (@jenxpaige) released on January 25, 2021
Impressive. A real press officer.
– Vote for a blue Senate? (@MarVistaWriter) January 25, 2021
This Doocy kid at the White House press conference is answering an important question about whether being a spineless, frothy weasel is hereditary. Apparently it is.
– Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 25, 2021
Peter Doocy is just like his father. A waste of space and the fact that he’s associated with journalism for working in a propaganda outlet makes me sick.
– JG (@jg_major) January 25, 2021
Peter Doocy: I’m here to ask you questions
Jen Psaki: Hug a cactus
– Baligubadle (@ Baligubadle1) January 25, 2021
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