White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Thursday it was “entirely normal” for President Biden to be holding a cheat sheet with advance knowledge of a journalist’s question at a joint…
at a joint press conference — even as she denied that was what happened.
“We do not have specific questions in advance, that’s not something that we do,” Jean-Pierre added — despite that fact that her own briefings have been heavily pre-scripted for months, with an aide generally canvassing reporters for their questions ahead of time and the press secretary then declining to call on those who balk.
Jean-Pierre claimed Subramanian’s question ended up being “different” from the one on the card — and also disclosed that the White House taps “a number of reporters” in advance for any given press event. When a foreign leader appears alongside Biden at a White House press conference, it’s customary for just two American reporters and two foreign reporters to be selected to ask questions.
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