Karine Jean-Pierre Spars With Reporter Over Biden's Speaker Johnson 'Dead On Arrival' Gaffe

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about President Biden's comments about Speaker Johnson (R-LA).

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00:00And then, following up on something else

00:02the President said yesterday when he was asked

00:04about Supreme Court reform.

00:05Yes.

00:06What did he mean when he said that Speaker Johnson

00:09is dead on arrival?

00:10So, look, he actually addressed this right in his speech,

00:14in his remarks.

00:16Yesterday, he went right to it and talked about how his idea,

00:22basically, was dead on arrival.

00:24The Speaker's idea.

00:25He actually talked about it, and he said what the Speaker,

00:28he reiterated what the Speaker said

00:31about the SCOTUS reforms announcement,

00:34and then he said that his idea was dead on arrival.

00:36So, I would just refer you to the President himself

00:39and how he addressed this directly during his remarks

00:43when he was at LBJ Library.

00:45So, he misspoke?

00:46I don't think he misspoke.

00:48I think he cleared what he meant specifically

00:51so people understood.

00:52I would not say he misspoke.

00:54I think he...

00:54When he said, I think that's what he is.

00:57Look, let's be very clear.

00:59He spoke while he landed, while he was,

01:02after we landed, getting off the Air Force One,

01:06and he gets shouted questions, and he responded.

01:08He just wanted to be really clear

01:09what he meant by dead on arrival.

01:12Those, you've been there.

01:13You know how it happens.

01:14It goes back and forth.

01:15People can't really hear him sometimes.

01:17He can't hear you all, and that is something he wanted

01:20to make sure he was clear on his statement,

01:22but that was always his intent when he answered that question.

Karine Jean-Pierre Spars With Reporter Over Biden's Speaker Johnson 'Dead On Arrival' Gaffe

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