‘Have You Apologized?’ MSNBC’s Host Stops Karine Jean-Pierre Cold with Tough Question on Biden’s Cognitive Decline

Jordan: “Karine, just quickly before you go, since you were talking about the difference in being at the podium and then now in your personal capacity, the special counsel, Robert Hur, when his report came out about President Biden and the classified documents, you stood from the White House podium February 2024 and you said that his commentary was gratuitous, that it was unacceptable, and it didn’t live in reality. And clearly, the American public saw another side of Joe Biden’s mental acuity during the summer’s debate. Robert Hur was unemployable for a period because of the attacks from the Democrats and from the White House that you were at the podium leading. Have you apologized to Robert Hur?”
Jean-Pierre: “I mean, look, what I can say to you is I’ve seen the — I saw the president every single day. It wasn’t one-offs. It wasn’t once in a while. I saw him every day. He is someone that was sharp — “
Jordan: “But just in this case, have you gone back to someone who has pretty sharp comments about him, and we all saw a different reality, in your personal capacity?”
Jean-Pierre: “What I’m saying is, is my reality was this. My reality was somebody that I saw every single day, who was sharp, who pushed his team, who was understanding very clearly of the policy, of history. That is what I saw. I could only speak for what I saw on a daily basis for two and a half years, almost four years, actually. And it was White House press secretary, obviously, for two and a half years. And that is the president that I know, someone who woke up every day and was very zeroed in and focused on how to deliver for this — for the American people. And that’s what I’m speaking to, is what I saw every day. And look, there’s not many — there’s not many people who can say, ‘Oh, you know, they saw that. They saw somebody every day like the president of the United States and was able to speak for him.’ I’m able to do that. I was his White House press secretary. I was called into the Oval Office on a daily basis. I traveled with him for 95% of the time. And so I’m speaking for myself here. I’m speaking for what I saw, and that was why I pushed back. That was why I pushed back.”
MOHYELDIN: “So now that you are speaking for yourself, Karine, do you have any regrets at all for anything that you said while you were speaking on behalf of this administration?
Jean-Pierre: “I’m — look — “
MOHYELDIN: “I’m — it’s a simple yes or no — “
Jean-Pierre: “No, no, no, because you’re asking for a yes-or-no question. I want to put some context to it, too. I woke up every day, I woke up every day very proud to be the White House press secretary. I woke up every day as a — as a black woman who is queer, who had never — no one had ever seen someone like me at that podium, standing behind that lectern. It was an honor and a privilege to have that job, and I did it to the best of my abilities. And I spoke for the president of the United States, a person that I believe was a decent person. We did not get everything right. No one is saying we got everything right. No one is saying we got everything right. No one is saying that. But we did it to our best of our abilities, and I worked very hard to do that job.”