During a September 2023 White House Press Briefing, Peter Doocy, the White House Correspondent for Fox News Channel, did what he does best: he asked a question on Joe Biden’s border policy, which caused White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to lose her cool and yell at him.
Doocy went straight for the kill right away. “Thanks, Karine,” was his first query when she called on him. What do you call it then, in the White House, when ten thousand people cross the border without authorization in a single day?
That naturally resulted in a clumsy back and forth. KJP started out by stating, “So, what do you call it, Peter, when GOP puts forth a — wait, no—” Doocy, who refused to even try to respond to the question.
That naturally resulted in a clumsy back and forth. KJP started off by stating, “So, what do you call it, Peter, when GOP puts forth a— wait, no—” and making no attempt to appear to respond to the question. Seeing that she was not going to respond, Doocy added, “Asking are you —” After hearing his remark, she snapped, “No, no, no, no, no, you can’t —” and popped off.
The exchange turned into more of a verbal sparring session as KJP shouted down Doocy’s attempts to get her to answer the question. Eventually, she gave up and said, “I tried to answer the question, and you stopped me,” refusing to give any kind of response.