White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly dismissed Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocy’s question about hurricane disaster relief as “misinformation” – prompting Doocy to produce the “receipts” backing up his premise.
At a White House press event on Monday, Senior White House Correspondent Doocy asked the press secretary what it says about the president’s priorities, if he has money to spend on a foreign country, Lebanon, but not for much-needed hurricane relief in the U.S.:
FNC’s Doocy: “If he’s got money for people in Lebanon right now, without Congress having to come back, what does it say about his values that there is not enough money right now for people in North Carolina who need it? That’s not misinformation.”
WH’s Jean-Pierre: “Wait. No, that is. Your whole — your whole premise of the question is misinformation, sir.
“Yes, yes, it’s misinformation.”
On Wednesday, Fox News posted a video of Doocy on social media, in which Doocy “brought receipts to hit back against the White House’s ‘misinformation’ claims against him.”
“Peter Doocy here, outside the West Wing of the White House, where this week one of my questions about foreign versus hurricane relief was called ‘misinformation,’” Doocy says at the opening of the video.
“I’ve got the information right here,” Doocy said after showing a clip of his exchange with Jean-Pierre, in which she accused him of basing his question on “misinformation.”
Doocy then displays images of both a statement by President Biden on the White House website and an announcement in a social media post by Vice President Kamala Harris:
“The vice president is posting on social media about $157 million in additional assistance to the people of Lebanon.
“President Biden is posting about how the Small Business Administration’s disaster loan program is going to run out of funding if Congress does not come back.
“To a lot of people watching these briefings: a taxpayer dollar is a taxpayer dollar is a taxpayer dollar – that is not misinformation, that is a fact.”
.@pdoocy brought receipts to hit back against the White House’s “misinformation” claims against him. pic.twitter.com/hM4Q5SldHj
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 9, 2024