Jen Psaki Finally Addresses Joe Biden’s Hot Mic Moment
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By Linda DiProperzio/Jan. 26, 2022 12:35 pm EST
As for this latest incident, Doocy revealed that Biden had called him to apologize. “He said, ‘It’s nothing personal, pal,’” Doocy explained (per the Independent). “And we went back and forth, and we were talking about just kind of moving forward, and I made sure to tell him that I’m always gonna try to ask something different than what everybody else is asking. And he said, ‘You got to.’ And that’s a quote from the president, so I’ll keep doing it.”
Jen Psaki confirmed President Biden apologized to Peter Doocy
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While Psaki and Doocy have clashed at times, the White House press secretary does have respect for the reporter. “You know I would say that people don’t see this every day, but we fully recognize Peter Doocy as — and many reporters, right? They are doing their jobs and working on behalf of the media organizations they represent and asking, sometimes they’re questions that are tough. Sometimes they have a slant to them,” she told Mediate. “But my engagement with him, people don’t always see this, but outside the briefing room, it is entirely professional and entirely, hopefully, responsive,” adding that “there’s a performative component from the TV side of the briefing room.”
