Karine Jean-Pierre taunts Fox reporter with joke about his “ridiculous” question about Kamala Harris

Out White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre isn’t done mocking Fox News reporter Peter Doocy about his “ridiculous” question where he insinuated that Vice President Kamala Harris fakes a Southern accent, joking about it at a later White House press briefing.

Doocy first asked about Harris’ speaking style at Tuesday’s White House press briefing: “Since when does the vice president have what sounds like a Southern accent?”

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Jean-Pierre refused to even entertain the question: “I’m not even going to entertain some question about the presi— it’s just, hearing it, it sounds so ridiculous…. The question is just insane.”

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She moved on to another reporter fairly brusquely.

But she didn’t forget about Doocy’s “insane” question by Wednesday.

“President Biden’s approval rating is soaring,” Doocy said at Wednesday’s briefing. “Does it bother the president that people are so pleased that he is retiring?”

“Am I hearing a little twang in your voice, Peter?” Jean-Pierre responded as other members of the White House press corps laughed. “A little something in your…”

She then discussed President Joe Biden’s accomplishments.

Doocy: President Biden’s approval rating is soaring.. Does it bother him that people are so pleased that he is retiring?

KJP: Am I hearing a little twang in your voice? pic.twitter.com/tAIpNv8y0A

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 4, 2024

Doocy’s question echoes a right-wing claim that “Kameleon” Harris changes her racial and ethnic identity whenever it benefits her. Black social media commenters have noted that her changes in speaking style are a form of “code-switching,” the common practice of changing languages, dialects, or accents in a conversation or situation based on social context.

Jean-Pierre has regularly scolded Doocy for his questions during press briefings. In previous exchanges, she scolded Doocy for diminutively referring to American political prisoner Brittney Griner as a “professional athlete,” for falsely claiming that President Joe Biden wants to ban beer, for repeatedly interrupting her, for his repeated “dramatics,” and for citing billionaire Jeff Bezos as an economic expert.

Biden’s former White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, also used to regularly spar with Doocy. Their exchanges spawned the popular #PsakiBomb meme on social media. Even President Biden has scolded Doocy for asking a “garbage question” and once referred to the reporter as a “stupid son of a b**ch.”

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