While Karine Jean-Pierre assumed the role of White House Press Secretary last May, 2023 marked her first full year as Biden's chief spokesperson and hoo, boy was it a year of gaffes, ignoring inconvenient facts, storming out of the briefing room, and refusing to answer questions.
From Biden's classified document scandal to the Chinese spy balloon affair, denial of a border or inflation crisis, and plenty of "I'm just not going to go there" non-answers, 2023 was a tour de force in obfuscation and opaqueness.
Before the leftist trolls have a chance to get triggered: No, this doesn't have anything with Jean-Pierre being a woman, black, or "queer" as she identified herself from the podium this year. It's about her being unable or unwilling to be honest with the American people or to acknowledge reality.
In chronological order beginning in January, here are KJP's most laughable and inexplicable takes from 2023.
Biden is super healthy — just look at him and behold his fitness!
KJP: Biden's physical will be released "in the next, probably, couple of months..."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 3, 2023
"The President is in good health. He's very active. You see it yourself with your own eyes..." pic.twitter.com/G5IXgxhDvi
The White House is so committed to transparency that we hid the existence of improperly held classified documents from the American people until after the midterms.
REPORTER: "President Biden campaigned on a promise to stay true to the spirit of transparency. How is it possible that the White House did not reveal the presence of these documents prior to the election?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 11, 2023
KJP: "We released information that was very transparent." pic.twitter.com/MOEoRKJTzA
I don't know what's going on — nobody tells me anything.
REPORTER: "Did you know?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 17, 2023
KJP: "No I did not know!"
REPORTER: "When did you learn about the documents found at the Penn Center...?"
KJP: "When your team was doing a story on it." pic.twitter.com/v2T7mAUR51
The president takes classified documents super seriously and no, I can't offer any examples to prove it.
.@PhilipWegmann: "When you and the White House and the president all say that the president takes these classified documents very seriously...What would you point us to demonstrate that seriousness?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 23, 2023
KJP: "..."
"You can't demonstrate how he takes it seriously?" pic.twitter.com/zfFo2Qw5JS
Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Ilhan Omar are brilliant individuals who deserve access to sensitive information on the Intelligence Committee.
KJP: "Representatives Schiff, Swalwell, and Omar are expertise and bring a lot to the table when it comes to foreign policy and national security...those congressional members bring a lot of expertise to that [intelligence] committee." pic.twitter.com/zAyVrQBGPl
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 25, 2023
Biden is speaking directly to the American people in the form of written statements drafted by someone else.
DOOCY: "Why doesn't [Biden] want to speak directly to the American people now that some big cities are racing, potentially this weekend, for riots?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 27, 2023
KJP: "So, he put out a statement yesterday..." pic.twitter.com/pStXrT8F5E
Have a cookie and please don't ask me tough questions today.
KJP delivers Valentine's Day cookies to the press.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 14, 2023
"Do you want to be my Valentine? I don't know about that..." pic.twitter.com/2GJWRYxn8v
Biden waited to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon until after it traversed the entire continental U.S. because he's super decisive.
KJP: Biden's response to the Chinese spy balloon was "decisive." pic.twitter.com/GDTtWUfDPI
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 16, 2023
Stop moving your eyebrows!
Karine Jean-Pierre REALLY doesn't want to answer this question... pic.twitter.com/V5MpV216eQ
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 2, 2023
January 6 was worse than Pearl Harbor or 9/11.
Karine Jean-Pierre responds to Fox News's Tucker Carlson reporting on and revealing new footage from the Capitol riot on January 6:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 7, 2023
"The president has been very clear. January 6 was the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War." pic.twitter.com/5GhXMs8qQB
Biden's FAA nominee — who can't explain how an airplane stays in the air or the safety rules involved in flying — is experienced and very qualified for the job.
KJP: "Phil Washington...has the qualifications and experience" to lead the FAA. pic.twitter.com/0m45rglZYm
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 22, 2023
COVID is still here, people!
KJP: "Long COVID continues. COVID is still with us." pic.twitter.com/GzXO0xjXUG
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 4, 2023
The border is fine and illegal immigrant crossings are down.
KJP: "Unlawful immigration is DOWN." pic.twitter.com/P8W4yl5473
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 25, 2023
We can't have a border wall because it'll blow over in the wind.
KJP calls a border wall "ineffective" and says it "can't even withstand heavy winds." pic.twitter.com/qM15U9pgov
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 8, 2023
The pandemic isn't over!
KJP: "We're not out of the pandemic." pic.twitter.com/ml1I1W132m
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 9, 2023
We can't let our kids keep dying and that's why we need to make it legal to kill babies.
KJP: "We can't continue to see our kids in communities being killed. We talk about Roe v. Wade, and really making that the law of the land."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 2, 2023
🤔 pic.twitter.com/mtM9g2yuq7
We take the Hatch Act so seriously that I violated it.
REPORTER: "Your use of 'MAGA Republicans' violated the Hatch Act..."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 13, 2023
KJP: "We do everything that we can to uphold...the Hatch Act..." pic.twitter.com/MO25vx6qCD
Oh, you noticed we changed our narrative about Hunter Biden? Well, nothing has changed. Also, how dare you notice!
Karine Jean-Pierre just spent two entire minutes lashing out at reporters for asking about Hunter Biden. pic.twitter.com/ucRrkKwE8f
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 23, 2023
Stop reporting that the cocaine found might belong to the Biden family — and no, I'm not going to deny that the cocaine belonged to the Biden family.
KJP says that "irresponsible reporting" is alleging that the cocaine found in the White House might have belonged to the Biden family.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 7, 2023
She then goes on to call a journalist in the briefing room "irresponsible" for asking the White House to unequivocally say that the drugs do not… pic.twitter.com/jDesTsGfx3
We've been colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans and we're not going to stop.
"How much is the White House now working with social media companies [on censorship]?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 27, 2023
KJP: "We have promoted responsible actions to protect public health, safety, and security...That continues to be the case. That has not changed." pic.twitter.com/4LtScBztk3
Yes, we're dealing with more illegal immigrants but it's not our fault that the system is broken.
REPORTER: "The ACLU has said that, under President Biden, a larger percentage of ICE detainees are in these privately run facilities than compared to the Trump administration...How is that possible?!"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 14, 2023
KJP: "This is a broken system." pic.twitter.com/lDfn6ggGjP
Get your COVID boosters or die!
KJP: "We will encourage all Americans to get updated COVID vaccines...Vaccination...remains the safest protection for avoiding hospitalization, long-term health outcomes, and death!" pic.twitter.com/tjEzabPzHs
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 31, 2023
Yes, Biden wandered out of a ceremony before it was over — on purpose and just as we planned!
Karine Jean-Pierre doubles down on Biden's strange exit from the Medal of Honor ceremony yesterday:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 6, 2023
"That was done on purpose. That was done very purposefully." pic.twitter.com/HBBtW2BkZS
Yes, I'll take your question — actually, no I won't!
UNBELIEVABLE: Karine Jean-Pierre just straight up REFUSED to answer questions from Fox News' Peter Doocy after calling on him.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 21, 2023
She cuts him off, shuts him down, and moves on. pic.twitter.com/pGyrqPhNj0
How dare you mistake President Biden's inability to make it through a public speech for what is just him speaking from his heart?!
KJP: Joe Biden was “speaking from his heart” when he forgot that he had just told the story he was telling. pic.twitter.com/cC5xkPGq0P
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 22, 2023
Polls? What polls? Polls are polls. That's the way polls are!
REPORTER: "37% approve [of Biden's handling of the economy]."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 25, 2023
KJP: "Polls are polls. They're going to be all over the place! They don't tell the whole story, actually, and that is just the way a poll is!" pic.twitter.com/kni98geI1K
I know what Biden said but I'm not going to tell you whether what he said was true.
Reporters are FED UP with KJP! pic.twitter.com/vkJPQnLQeq
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 2, 2023
Our real concern about rising antisemitism is actually Islamophobia.
When asked about anti-Semitism, KJP laments Islamophobia. pic.twitter.com/Mp2PKNtyZS
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 23, 2023
Inflation doesn't matter because we're still not out of the pandemic!
KJP: High prices aren’t worth worrying about because we’re still getting over the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/Mn4znuw9uL
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 14, 2023
The president takes the border very seriously, guys.
REPORTER: "There's been criticism from the left and the right that the White House could have gotten involved in...border security...sooner."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 19, 2023
KJP: "The president has taken this very seriously..." pic.twitter.com/CkGvMTj8mk
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