Frum reporter Jake Turx put White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a bind at Wednesday’s briefing, effectively tongue-tying her on the White House’s double-standard when it comes to allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“What is the administration’s reaction to Egypt’s decision to block humanitarian aid from entering through the Rafah crossing?” Turx asked.
“We have concerns… we want to see humanitarian aid going into Gaza,” Jean-Pierre said, not quite answering the brunt of the question.
“How does Egypt justify its decision to the U.S. government?” Turx promptly followed up.
“I’m not going to get into diplomatic conversations,” the White House press secretary replied. “What I can say is our commitment to get that aid in, and we’re going to continue having those conversations.”
The White House has repeatedly condemned Israel for supposedly not allowing enough humanitarian aid into Gaza – despite hundreds of tons of aid being transferred into the Strip and then being stolen by Hamas – but it apparently won’t apply the same standard to Egypt, which is blocking all aid from entering through its border with Gaza, despite not even being in a war with its rulers.
“If a family show up of Gazans show up at that U.S. port as asylum-seekers, will the U.S. turn them away?” Turx queried, referring to reports that a U.S.-built pier off the coast of Gaza intended to bring in humanitarian aid has been completed.
“I don’t have anything for you on that,” Jean-Pierre said, before discussing U.S. efforts to extract Americans from Gaza following the October 7 massacre.
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Uh, glad you got your 1800 Palestinian Americans out of Gaza. Right now there are some 132 Israelis in Gaza who most definitely want to get out. Now get them out you big talkers! Biden is a murderer, pushing Israel into a corner, a very dangerous corner and tying their hands. But the Jewish nation will prevail, we will destroy all our enemies b’ezras Hashem!
If the bookers who run the country somehow fail and Trump wins, his first act should be to deport this Low IQ, fish eating, sideshow Bob haircut sporting, DEI project back to Haiti.
To be fair, one can put KJP in a bind simply by asking her what day it is.
At least she didn’t respond like Trump and tell him to “sit down”.
How should KJP know how “Egypt justifies its position to the US?” Her job is to be a spokesperson for US policy, not Egyptian policy.
Furthermore, asylum protections apply to people showing up in the United States; they do not apply to people who present themselves to US soldiers operating on foreign soil. Why would anyone at the Gaza pier be entitled to asylum?
Jew Yorker, she’s a US citizen. She can’t be deported anywhere.
jake turx told people not to vote trump. look what happened