Karine Jean-Pierre doubles down on awkward videos of Biden being ‘cheap fakes’ and insists clips are ‘disinformation’ from conservatives
- The White House press secretary was angered by videos showing Biden being led
- She called them “cheap fakes,” though she backed away from the “deep fake” statement
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre continues to say President Biden is being confused by videos she calls “cheap fakes,” following repeated videos of him being accompanied by other leaders or briefly “freezing” on stage.
She hammered the media, accusing Republicans of attacks she called “disinformation.” She did not repeat the use of another term – “deepfakes” – that she used during her White House briefing on Monday.
That’s a form of digital alteration of video and images, which White House and Biden supporters have not identified as taking place with video of him at the G7 in Italy, at a White House Juneteenth event or at a fundraiser in LA.
“It’s also very insulting to the people, the viewers who watch it. And so we think we should call that out. We call them cheap fakes. That’s something that came straight from the media by calling it that, from the fact checkers and calling it that. And so we will certainly be very, very clear about that as well. And calling out where we are, where we stand,” she said.
She then specifically addressed some of the Biden incidents that attracted attention — including one of him walking away from a group of world leaders at the G7 in Italy, only to be led back to a photo-op by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
“I think there’s so much misinformation, disinformation that we’ve been talking about. You mentioned the video of the president wandering around. And it’s not true. Right? The president did not digress. He spoke to a paratrooper standing right in front of him. And what you saw is the Republican Party really manipulating what was said and what was seen by the American people,” she said.
On Monday, Jean-Pierre told DailyMail.com during her White House news conference that former President Barack Obama’s decision to mentor Biden after a big-money fundraising campaign was a result of their long relationship.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre continued to label videos of President Biden being led off stage or frozen during events as ‘cheap fakes’
“Excuse me, I didn’t know dancing was a mental issue — a health issue,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said as she defended the president’s dance-free moments during a Juneteenth celebration at the White House .
On Saturday, a video of former President Barack Obama grabbing Biden’s hand and apparently leading the 81-year-old commander in chief off stage during a fundraiser in Los Angeles went viral.
Last week, Biden stood motionless and stared blankly for nearly a full minute at a Juneteenth celebration at the White House as people around him sang and danced to the music.
She also defended him not dancing during a Juneteenth celebration, where he also stood motionless for a moment. “The president was standing there listening to the music and he wasn’t dancing. “Excuse me, I didn’t know dancing wasn’t a mental issue, it was a health issue,” she said.
“Let’s not forget: President Obama and President Biden are in a relationship. They are friends. They are like family. And I think you saw that,” she said of Obama.
During that briefing, Jean-Pierre also used the term “deepfakes” when she said: “we see these deepfakes, these manipulated videos. And again, it’s done in bad faith.
She told me New York Post after that, it had intended to remain “cheap fakes,” a term the White House uses to label videos they consider short-sighted or edited in a way that portrays the president in a bad light.