White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over resurfaced tweets about “stolen” elections in 2016 and 2018 in a statement to Mediaite, and addressed comments KJP made about Fox News while a guest on MSNBC.
It was one week ago that President Joe Biden‘s press shop announced that Jean-Pierre would succeed Psaki, a succession that will occur at the end of business today, Friday, May 13.
That announcement was accompanied by a raft of attacks from opponents — in addition to praise and celebration for the historic pick — and renewed scrutiny of KJP’s past statements.
In particular, a pair of tweets on the subject of “stolen” elections began recirculating.
In one 2016 tweet, Jean-Pierre wrote “Stolen emails, stolen drone, stolen election …..welcome to the world of #unpresidented Trump,” she tweeted in December 2016, a month after Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump,” as part
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