‘I Was Not Being Critical of Him’ Jen Psaki Attempts to Clear the Air About Peter Doocy Comments

Outrage following comments that White House press secretary Jen Psaki made in regards to Peter Doocy during an interview with “Pod Save America” had her attempting to clear the air last night in a tweet.

Psaki was asked on the podcast if Doocy was a “stupid son of a b*tch” as Biden had once referred to him by the same phrase when he was supposedly caught on a hot mic.

In response, Psaki claimed that Doocy “works for a network that provides people with questions that, nothing personal to any individual, including Peter Doocy, but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a b*tch.”

John Roberts, an anchor at Fox, tweeted in support of Doocy and insisted that the White House correspondent “makes the decisions on what topics he wants to quiz you on, and develops the questions himself.”

“His philosophy is a basic tenet of journalism. Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. If that makes all of us ‘stupid s.o.b.s’, so be it,” Roberts added.

A Fox News spokesperson also gave a statement in support of Doocy.

“In his role as White House correspondent, Peter Doocy’s job is to elicit truth from power for the American public,” the statement read.

In the statement, it was also explained that “His questions are his own, he is a terrific reporter and we are extremely proud of his work.”

Psaki claimed in her tweet, “Full video shows I also told a story about Peter’s grace last night and made very clear I was not being critical of him or any reporter at Fox, and instead was critical of the slant of some Fox topics.”

“He is doing his job. I am doing mine. We debate. We disagree. I respect that,” Psaki asserted.

Full video shows I also told a story about Peter’s grace last night and made very clear I was not being critical of him or any reporter at Fox, and instead was critical of the slant of some Fox topics. He is doing his job. I am doing mine. We debate. We disagree. I respect that.

— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) April 16, 2022