Reporter Peppers Karine Jean-Pierre With Questions On Whether Biden Met With Parkinson’s Specialist

3 months ago

During Monday’s White House press briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about a Parkinson’s expert visiting the White House over the past year.

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00:00Can you confirm whether or not the President has seen this Parkinson's specialist?

00:09And you mentioned three times that the visitor logs show a duration of eight visits over eight months.

00:14I think that is the crux of the question.

00:16But I also said there are thousands of military personnel that come to the White House,

00:24and they are under the care of the medical unit. They are.

00:28Can you confirm that the Parkinson's specialist visits were for the President?

00:32What I can tell you is that the President has seen a neurologist three times,

00:36and I read to you what the neurologist has said, and I read to you the last line.

00:42I could say it again.

00:44No findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorders,

00:50such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, or ascending lateral sclerosis.

00:55That is from February. That is coming from February.

00:59That is what the medical unit, the President's doctor, shared.

01:03And I said to you it's happened three times.

01:06Each time there is a physical that occurs and we put out a comprehensive report,

01:12that is when he has been able to see a specialist.

01:16So that's what I can share.

01:18I have a question on this.

01:21Has the President – you mentioned Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, all of these things.

01:25One diagnosis that we have heard of, a potential diagnosis, is hydrocephalus,

01:29which is fluid buildup in the brain.

01:31It's something we've never heard in any of the medical reports.

01:34Is that something that the President has been evaluating?

01:36If it's not in the medical report, obviously it's not something that the President is dealing with.

01:43What has he been evaluating?

01:44Well, I can tell you this.

01:46I've been talking to Parkinson's for a little bit to give you some answers here.

01:49Has the President been treated for Parkinson's? No.

01:52Is he being treated for Parkinson's? No.

01:54Is he taking medication for Parkinson's? No.

01:57So those are the things that I can give you full-blown answers on,

02:01but I'm not going to confirm a specialist, any specialist that comes to the White House out of privacy.

02:08My question is, will the President go to the Hill today?

02:11I know we saw his letter.

02:13Is he intending to have this conversation face-to-face with him?

02:16So, look, the President, obviously this is someone who is a senator for 36 years,

02:22who was the president of the Senate when he was vice president for eight years,

02:26and he respects, truly respects the members of Congress,

02:30and has always and will always do that, especially as a former senator.

02:34And I will say, and you've heard us say this before or most recently,

02:39is this is a president who's won the primary, right, by 14 million votes, 87 percent of those votes, certainly.

02:48And, look, I don't have any engagements to read out, you know, outside of that,

02:54but I will say that the President was in Pennsylvania.

02:57I just mentioned at the top he got to see Senator Fetterman, Senator Casey.

03:01He also got to see Congresswoman Dean.

03:04He spent some time with them.

03:06He traveled across Pennsylvania.

03:08And I will say when the president gets knocked down, he gets back up.

03:12This is quintessential Joe Biden.

03:14And there are a long list of other congressional members who have shown their support for this president.

03:20I don't have anything else to read out.

03:21You saw the letter.

03:22The letter was, I think, pretty, pretty clear on where the presidents stand.

03:26And I'll just leave it there.

Reporter Peppers Karine Jean-Pierre With Questions On Whether Biden Met With Parkinson’s Specialist

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