Karine Jean-Pierre Asked Point Blank If Biden & Harris Have Discussed The Vice President Taking Over

3 months ago

During Wednesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the conversations between President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris.

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00:00Go ahead.

00:01Thank you. Thanks, Karine.

00:02Can you share any details on President Biden's

00:04and Vice President Harris's lunch today?

00:07Do you know if they discussed Vice President Harris

00:10potentially taking over? Do you know if that came up today?

00:13I mean, I just stated that the President has —

00:16is not dropping out.

00:17That's something that the campaign has shared,

00:19so I'm just repeating what the campaign has shared.

00:22They regularly have lunch,

00:24and I'm not going to get into private conversation.

00:27And I would also say that the Vice President spoke —

00:32spoke to CBS just yesterday,

00:35and you could see what she said herself,

00:37and I think that's important to note as well.

00:39I just want to also ask,

00:40you mentioned that President Biden

00:43got the cold because of traveling.

00:45So, is cold directly tied to him traveling,

00:47or is it just he got the cold regularly?

00:51What I can tell you is he traveled,

00:53then he got a cold. That's what happened.

00:56Go ahead, Michael.

00:58That's great.

00:59You mentioned a few times

01:01that the President's proud of his record.

01:02He wants to continue his work in building on that record.

01:07I'm trying to understand how that's relevant

01:10to an assessment of self-reflection by him

01:14on whether or not he's physically capable of continuing.

01:17I think it is an assessment.

01:18I think the fact that he's able to work across the aisle,

01:21get really big bipartisan legislation done,

01:24he's been able to get us out of the pandemic,

01:28able to get the economy back on its feet.

01:31I think that shows leadership,

01:32and I think that's important, right?

01:34He is making these decisions on behalf of the American people,

01:39and he's able to do that because of his experience,

01:42because of his wisdom,

01:43and I think that's all connected as well.

01:45We can't forget that.

Karine Jean-Pierre Asked Point Blank If Biden & Harris Have Discussed The Vice President Taking Over

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