Fox News’ Peter Doocy today used White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s previous words against her in a question during the White House press briefing.
Doocy asked her what has changed from when she said previous elections were “stolen” as she attempts to call MAGA Republicans extremists.
In a clip shared by Breaking911, Doocy began by noting that with “the new attention on the MAGA Republicans, you tweeted in 2016 that Trump stole an election.”
“Oh, I knew this was coming. I was waiting Peter when you were going to ask me that question,” Jean-Pierre interrupted while laughing.
Doocy continued, “Well here we go. You tweeted Trump stole an election, you tweeted Kemp stole an election.”
“If denying election results is extreme now, why wasn’t it then?” Doocy wondered.
Jean-Pierre shot back, “Let’s be really clear, that comparison that you made is just ridiculous.”
After Doocy attempted to object to such a characterization of his question, Jean-Pierre tried to explain how it was legitimate.
“I was talking specifically at that time of what was happening with voting rights and what was in danger of voting rights, that’s what I was speaking to at that time,” Jean-Pierre insisted.
DOOCY: "You tweeted in 2016 that Trump stole an election."
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 6, 2022
KJP: "I knew this was coming. I was waiting, Peter."
DOOCY: "Well, here we go. […] If denying election results is extreme now, why wasn't it then?"
KJP: "That comparison that you made is just ridiculous." pic.twitter.com/Mi2gXAD6fv
When Jean-Pierre first took over the position, we reported on her previous tweet about Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.
The tweet from Jean-Pierre was published on April 2, 2020, which was seven months prior to the November 2020 presidential election.
Jean-Pierre shared an article about how Kemp “admitted” at the time that he didn’t know asymptomatic people could pass COVID-19.
That was about a month from when the virus first began to show up in the U.S. and now it has been over two years.
“Reminder: Brian Kemp stole the gubernatorial election from Georgians and Stacey Abrams,” Jean-Pierre declared in the tweet.
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