'What We Saw On Saturday Was Sick': Karine Jean-Pierre Condemns Trump Assassination Attempt

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During a White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about President Joe Biden's campaign rhetoric moving forward.

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00:00Just take Jackie's timeline, the timeline

00:02that you just referenced, and move it back to four days

00:05before today.

00:09When the president was in Michigan,

00:11he said, over my dead body it will happen,

00:15referring to Trump becoming president.

00:17He also said, another four years of Trump

00:19is deadly serious, deadly serious.

00:22I think that's the type of language

00:24that we're referencing here.

00:26And it would be possible to get some sort of indication

00:29about whether that kind of language

00:31is what we'd expect to continue to hear from the president.

00:34So, look, what I would refer you to

00:35is basically what I told Jackie the last three days.

00:38And what the president has said, you heard directly from him,

00:41what he's laid out, how he sees the future,

00:45how it's important to be able to speak to different agendas.

00:48It is.

00:49It is important to speak to someone's record,

00:51someone's character.

00:53Violence has no place in America.

00:56Political violence is not okay.

00:58It is not.

00:59It is just not.

01:00The president said what we saw on Saturday was sick.

01:03I've said this about three times.

01:04Use that word three times in this press briefing.

01:08It is not something that we should condone.

01:10We have to condemn violence.

01:12And that is something that this president has done,

01:15has done throughout his career.

01:16And I think we're clear on that.

01:17It's just, will the language shift from the president,

01:20given what you're talking about?

01:21What I will say is you'll hear the president

01:22highlight his agenda over the next couple days.

01:24He will continue to do that.

01:26He will speak to the importance of the American people

01:30understanding the differences of where he stands

01:35and where Republicans stand.

01:36I got to be mindful here because it is a campaign

01:40that we're speaking about.

01:41And I think, though, if you look at what the president said,

01:45if you heard what the president said the last three days

01:50and how he's led this country in this horrific time

01:52that we saw coming out of Saturday,

01:55I think that's important.

01:56And I think that's what the American people want to see.

01:59Toning down the rhetoric and condemning,

02:04condemning violence.

02:06I got to wrap it up, okay?

'What We Saw On Saturday Was Sick': Karine Jean-Pierre Condemns Trump Assassination Attempt

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