Friday's Psaki Bomb

[Nevilledog]

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Andrew Solender
@AndrewSolender
Q: "There's a growing perception that this is really just the third term of President Obama, what do you say to people who say that?"

Psaki: "Who's saying that?"

Q: "You've heard that a lot in the media."

Psaki: "Who in the media?"

Q: "Different people."

Psaki: "Like?"

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Don't fuck with Jen, cuz she ENJOYS it! LOL

[Nevilledog]

3. I'm so sad she's going to be leaving. She says she was only going to do this for a year,

[panader0]

14. Why is she leaving? Will she remain in in the administration in some capacity?

[soothsayer]

19. Dunno, she announced that at the get go, but it got picked up again yesterday like it was new

I’m guessing it’s quite a demanding and 24/7-ish role and she’s got little kids she probably wants to see.

[shanti]

29. Me too!

She's a smart cookie.

[Snackshack]

64. What's this?

She’s leaving after 1 yr? I had not heard this. This must not be allowed to happen. As a taxpayer I give President Biden full authorization to use the tax dollars I pay for any accommodations necessary to make Press Secretary’s Psaki Work/Life compensation amenable to her so she might stay in the job.

A salary boost to 7 figures, Private Residence (close to work) w/Car & Driver, Private Plane w/Pilot a Nanny, Chef, Butlers, Landscapers, Personal Assistants... whatever it takes. She is a national treasure. No one else has demonstrated the skills she has at putting the right wing / GOP sycophants in their place like she has. We mustn’t lose her. There must be a petition somewhere that Americans can sign to show our appreciation of the Master Class she puts on daily as a Press Secretary.

Just (halfway) kidding...🙂🤞

[llashram]

68. she is a universe full

of fresh air. I only hope those who follow her in that capacity will be as competent, professional, and civil as she is.

[iluvtennis]

44. Indeed she does. n/t

[yonder]

2. What an idiotic question from a puddle on the floor.

I'm going to miss her when she leaves next year.

[Celerity]

66. Emerald Robinson

Newsmax

[Lars39]

4. She's giving master classes in how to deal with these idiots.

[Phoenix61]

5. She's good, like Pelosi good or Katy Porter good.

I have no idea what her plans are but im sure she will excel at whatever she does.

[OMGWTF]

30. They're good because they don't take any crap.

Fuck being polite and reaching across the aisle with the traitorous asshole murderers that are the modern Republican Party. They all deserve scorn and a kick in the teeth with steel toed boots.

[question everything]

46. Also, her boss does not try to undermine her

[Botany]

72. I loved Katy Porter @ the inauguration

[maxsolomon]

6. "Some say" was Trump's MO for 5 fucking years.

Calling that BS out is exactly how it should be done.

Who asked this question? It's clearly trying to push the RW's "Biden isn't up to the task, Harris is the real power" narrative.

[BigmanPigman]

33. That is what it reminded me of too.

tRump would always say, "Some very smart people have said...." .

[ShazzieB]

39. Or "People are saying..."

That was another favorite of his. He constantly used openings like these to give his ridiculous lies more "credibilty," and his halfwitted followers ate it up.

[Marcuse]

58. That's Fox's most frequently cited source.

[mdbl]

67. LOL

I had to laugh at the truth of it.

[wnylib]

65. Combine that meme of "Harris is the real power"

with calling this a third term of Obama, and you have a racist message. Clutch the pearls and drop to the fainting couch. There's another Black in the executive branch. OMG. Wave the fluttering fans and get out the smelling salts.

[maxsolomon]

74. they're tryin to replace us!

the bubble around white conservatism is so thick all they can see are shadows.

[wnylib]

75. It's a rallying cry for their faithful followers.

These idiotic questions have a purpose. We see Psaki putting them down with her answers and we cheer her for it. But the answers she gives are not the point. The themes that are contained within the questions are the point. For people inclined to believe the RW journalists, the questions reinforce the RW view, keeping it alive. While we are cheering Psaki for her put down answers, RWers are cheering the journalists for asking the questions. They are hoping to cast doubts or create certain narratives in the minds of the general public. Or at least the questions are revealing what narratives the RW is selling to their faithful followers.

The narrative for that question was thatDems were perpetuating the Obama administtation by having a Black VP who (supposedly) is really the one running the country. The underlying message is that people of color are a danger to the country and are taking it over.

[gratuitous]

7. No fair!

Psaki won't go haring after the rumors and phantoms I'm trying to conjure!

In case you haven't figured it out yet, press people, Psaki doesn't respond to "some people say" or "there's a growing perception." Come with hard quotes from specific people or just shut up. Carrying water for Empty Greene or Louie Gohmert isn't going to cut it these days.

[MyOwnPeace]

22. She KNOWS Sgt. Joe Friday!

[Delmette2.0]

61. Plus a million. Go get them, Jen.

[ShazamIam]

8. What a time to be alive with powerful women in places of power, Pelosi, Psaki, Abrams, Harris, etc.

[ShazzieB]

41. YES!!!

[llmart]

50. I've said it before and I'll continue to say it...

The more smart Democratic women we get in office the better off this country will be.

[empedocles]

9. Expect republicon strategy and tactic to link Biden black.

[niyad]

10. ?????

[Volaris]

48. I think what emp meant to convey, is that this nonsense is an attempt by the Republicans

To link White Biden DIRECTLY to Black Obama (you know, THE BLACK ONE), as a kind of smear of bidens actions, and emp pointing out how stupid a smear attempt it is.

[-misanthroptimist]

11. I'll say it again:

Best Press Secretary ever. Utterly professional, smart, tough, smooth, and efficient. I've never seen anyone quite like her in that position.

[Peppertoo]

38. Like CJ Creeg in the West Wing, but even better.

[Duppers]

60. I agree!

❤ her.

[GoCubsGo]

12. It seems the dumbass asking those questions is from Newsmarx.

"The President's light schedule"??? Is this dope looking at The Former Guy's schedule? I just can't take these assholes any longer. Ms. Psaki handled this one particularly well, though.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. "Light schedule?"

what, because there's no "Twitter on the Toilet" listed?

[GoCubsGo]

49. She's just pushing the "Biden is frail, Kamala Harris is running things" bullshit.

Claiming that he has a "light schedule" is just part of that. It's pretty pathetic, but the cult eats it up. They're still spouting the "Biden has dementia" narrative, even though he has shown himself to be as being sharp as a tack. These people are nuts.

[Fritz Walter]

35. Revoke the WH press credentials!

Send a clear message to the Reich Wing media that such incompetence has no place in the White House, now under new management. Let them rant and rave, piss and moan, but from somewhere else!

[NYC Liberal]

52. And if you want to see how delusional the right is

check out this hot take:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/newsmax-host-emerald-robinson-absolutely-kills-grills-dumbfounded-psaki-joe-bidens-light-schedule-turns-dr-faucis-suspicious-funding-wuhan-lab

[GoCubsGo]

55. I saw that trending on Twitter.

They are so pathetic. A lot of the usual suspects, like that Posobiec fucker and his bots.

[RVN VET71]

59. Jim Hoft doesn't count as a human being.

He is the manifestation of a malfunctioning program on a Tandy-1000. He is not known as the SMOTI (for Stupidest Man on the Internet) for nothing.

[Trueblue1968]

13. Psaki IS WONDER WOMAN !!!!!!

[greenjar_01]

15. Calling motherfuckers OUT

"Love to see the data."



Clowned her.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Love it! Call them out on their "some people are saying" bullshit...

[markbark]

36. Yup! Just once I'd like to see her ask

"Did you wash that question off before putting it out? Because it sure sounds like you just pulled it outta your....."

[MyOwnPeace]

51. Now THAT........

would be an answer that would lead ALL evening news programs - and would be saved on sites throughout the world!

[FoxNewsSucks]

54. She's probably saving that

one for her last day to make it extra special

[MyOwnPeace]

57. Oh, yeah!!!!!

A definite "last day" plan!

[Mr.Bill]

17. She needs to have Chuck Todd's job.

Republicans will refuse to be on her show. She could just read a list at the beginning of every show naming the republicans that were afraid to be interviewed by her.

[Budi]

32. YES! Pleeeeease do it!!!

Chuck Todd is like a piece of dust in the corner of the attic.

😴

[DemUnleashed]

18. Hey..

Hey Newsmax lady, some found it odd that Trump sent his daughter girlfriend to some big world conference instead of going himself (I forgot what meeting that was)

[ffr]

20. You can look that up under Google, if you like. Google with a G.

I'll see you tomorrow, bobblehead without facts to back up your claims!

[Budi]

34. 😄 "Google with a G"

[RANDYWILDMAN]

21. and for the last 4 years the press never pinned anyone or anything down on any issue !

Damn, love that lady, she is smart.

[IronLionZion]

24. That person doesn't like the VP meeting with world leaders

it feels like an odd stance even for a Republican when Cheney and Biden himself had important roles when they were VP.

The reference to Obama's third term and then complaining about Harris sounds like it might have more to do with them being brown.

[ShazzieB]

43. They are grasping at straws.

They are pathetically desperate to find something to use against Biden, and they just can't! laughing:

It's kind of fun to watch them falling over themselves trying. Sorry, RWNJs, you'll never find something that doesn't exist!

[NellieStarbuck]

25. Don't try to lay no "People-are-saying" crap on Jen Psaki!

[gratuitous]

31. You might as well try to lay some boogie-woogie on the king of rock and roll

[tonedevil]

26. What a dimwitted reoport-o-bot. /nt

[Roc2020]

27. Straight no Bull...I mean

no Malarkey administration

[hibbing]

28. People are saying Don Jr.....n/t

[Hekate]

37. KnR

[spanone]

40. Stupid fucking media.

[ancianita]

42. In the year she remains, she's going to shut up all that "some people say" shit.

They always want to bullshit her into a reactive, defensive stance but she makes them face that they sound pretty stupid as they don't do their jobs asking about current progress in covid, immigration, or foreign relations. Everyone sees how bad they are at their jobs and how good she is at hers.

[Rebl2]

45. People say-

Reporter do you mean faux people? Why wouldn’t reporter say exactly who these people are.

[Ms. Toad]

47. And the connection is????

Accusation: Biden is Obama term 3
Psake: What do you mean?
Response: Because Harris, not Biden, met with Japanese Prime Minister Suga

Harris wasn't part of the Obama administration (the lead-in to the question). But she is brown. . . is any liberal black or brown US leader Obama term 3?

[Faux pas]

53. Kickin' with gusto!

"Like?"

[Trueblue Texan]

56. "I'd love to see the data."

"We'd welcome it." Nice that she doesn't bother answering a question based on a falsehood.

[DFW]

62. Will the extremist right never tire of this routine?

Right wing feeble excuse for a journalist: "Many people are saying....(lie of the day)......"

Psaki: "Who is?"

Right wing feeble excuse for a journalist: "Many people"

Psaki: "Who, specifically? Help me out, so I can address their words."

Right wing feeble excuse for a journalist: "Welll, uhhh....."

Psaki: "Yes, you were going to tell me who is saying that?"

Right wing feeble excuse for a journalist: "Uhhh, welllll, would you believe Top Men?"

Psaki: "I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark, too."

Right wing feeble excuse for a journalist: "I was afraid of that."

[WyLoochka]

63. "perception" alleged is 3rd Obama term - but follow up all about VP Harris

I missed that - Vice President Harris having been in the Obama administration.

[forgotmylogin]

69. This is the exact correct response to all "People are saying..." inquiries.

"What people?"

[dsc]

70. It goes to show how awful much of our press corps is

Now, I am a teacher, and early in my career I worked at a school where kids would often say talk to the hand. One day, I said back, hand you have detention tomorrow, bring your person with you. It was the last time anyone said that to me. Even the dullest student I had realized it was not a good idea to say that phrase after just one time of seeing someone embarrassed. And it was the embarrassment not the detention that was the real sting. Yet this is at least the third time a video like this has gone viral with someone pulling the some people are saying BS.

[BobTheSubgenius]

71. "We'll welcome it" is Jenspeak for "I'll welcome the opportunity to subtly laugh in your face."

[TexasBushwhacker]

73. I'm disappointed she's going to leave after just a year

She is VERY good at her job.