The claim: Video reveals Karine Jean-Pierre quickly ending press conference to prevent respondingto concern
Some social media users are sharing a video that appears to reveal White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre quickly ending a press conference after a pressreporter asked a concern crucial of President Joe Biden’s energy policies.
The video reveals Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy ask, “So, you’re asking oil business to additional lower gas costs. What makes you believe that they are going to listen to an administration that is eventually attempting to put them out of organization?”
Jean-Pierre then reacts by asking, “How is the administration attempting to put them out of company?”
Doocy responds, “Well, they produce fossil fuels, and this president states he desires to end fossil fuel.”
The video then reveals the 2 looking at each other calmly for a coupleof minutes priorto Jean-Pierre is revealed thanking the participants and event documents as though she is about to leave the space.
The video was shared in an Oct. 19 Facebook post, however it spread most extensively on Twitter, where a variation of the claim from Oct. 26 builtup more than 8,000 retweets and 30,000 likes.
But it hasactually been modified to getridof Jean-Pierre’s reaction to Doocy’s concern. She used an extended action and did not stand quiet or suddenly end the press conference.
USA TODAY reached out to the Twitter user who shared the post for remark. The Facebook user might not be reached.
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Video modified, Jean-Pierre responses concern in initial video
An unedited variation of the exchange inbetween Jean-Pierre and Doocy, which took location at an Oct. 19 White House press rundown, can be discovered on C-SPAN.
Instead of quickly leaving, the video reveals Jean-Pierre respond to Doocy’s remark by stating, “So appearance, I – you kind of asked me this concern theotherday. And here’s – here’s where