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Karine Jean-Pierre again dodges the question of whether Biden knew about her son Hunter’s dealings, instead accusing Republicans of focusing on the First Family instead of Americans.
- The White House press secretary gave her first White House briefing of 2023
- They asked him about House Republican plans to investigate members of the Biden family.
- He said Republicans “want to focus on the political divide.”
- Spoke as Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure votes for House Speaker
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took advantage of the chaos in the House on Tuesday to dodge a question about Hunter Biden’s trade deals and accused House Republicans of ignoring American families.
In his first press conference of the new year, Jean-Pierre was asked about Republican oversight of the House, which will accelerate once Republicans can unite around a candidate for president, something they failed to do on the ballot. tense on tuesday .
Republicans claim to have evidence of Biden’s involvement in family business deals, armed in part with information gleaned from Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop.
‘House Republicans promised that fighting inflation during the midterms would be their number one priority. That’s what they said was important to them. … But instead, what they are doing is wanting to do an investigation on the president and his family. They don’t want to focus on the Americans in his family. They want to focus on the political divide,” he said.
House Republicans “want to focus on the political divide,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. She pushed back against Republicans who say they have evidence of Biden’s involvement in family members’ business dealings.
When asked specifically about the turmoil in the House Republican Conference, Jean-Pierre said the president did not want to “insert into that process.”
And he delayed a trip Wednesday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to McConnell’s home state. Biden has long called McConnell a friend, and they will single out the Brent Spence Bridge, which is receiving $1.6 billion in federal funding for infrastructure.
“Tomorrow we are going to see a trip, an event that is going to be done in a bipartisan way,” he said.
She said the American people “want us to continue to build on policies like the ones the president will talk about tomorrow… If you think about infrastructure, it’s connecting communities. And that is what is one of the vital things that we will see tomorrow, ”she said.
The White House press secretary spoke when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to get enough votes to become the next Speaker of the House.
No White House comment on Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) as a possible House speaker candidate
The White House prepares to show Biden’s trip with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to Kentucky on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
House Republicans have vowed to investigate Hunter Biden’s business dealings, armed with subpoena power information from his infamous laptop.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held her first briefing of 2023
She rejected efforts to get her to weigh in on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who failed three ballots to reach the 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker.
“I’m not going to get involved,” he said. She also remained silent when she was asked about Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), a possible substitute candidate. Her briefing took place as political junkies kept their eyes on C-Span to watch the House floor, where 19 House conservatives voted for Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan over McCarthy.
Jordan himself endorsed McCarthy and made a speech defending McCarthy’s election so the Republican Party could take over big government and oversee the Biden Administration.