On Tuesday, Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocy went toe-to-toe with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and exposed her ever-ineptitude. Doocy’s crime? Fact-checking Jean-Pierre after she falsely claimed during Monday’s briefing that illegal immigration had plummeted 90 percent since Joe Biden became President.
Doocy started with a simple question: “If the border is secure, as the administration has said, then why would we need to send 1,500 active-duty U.S. troops down there?” Jean-Pierre mumbled her way through, claiming that the need for additional troops was because “work needs to be done” and that Biden had “used the tools that he has in front of him”.
Doocy then shifted to her comments from the previous day, asking Jean-Pierre where the 90 percent number came from. Doocy started to explain that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has told Fox the number for this fiscal year so far has been up 136,000 people, but Jean-Pierre tried to shout him down and keep the facts from coming to light by saying she would “answer” him.
Jean-Pierre then came out of left field by trying to rattle Doocy’s cage by twice telling him to have “the dramatics…come down just a little bit.” Doocy was incredulous and attempted to ask what was “dramatic about asking a question.” Jean-Pierre’s answer made little sense as she insisted she was referring “the parolee program” the Biden regime had “put in place…to deal with certain countries on — on ways that we can limit illegal migration” and “the data has shown us, that is gone down by more than 90 percent.”
Doocy was having none of it. He correctly pointed out that Jean-Pierre was not answering his question, while she seemed intent on avoiding having to admit that she had lied. It was clear that Jean-Pierre was trying to avoid the truth and Doocy was not going to let her get away with it.
Colleague @pdoocy asks @PressSec about her false claim yesterday that illegal immigration is down 90%.
KJP tells Peter he is being "dramatic", then goes on to say she was talking about the parole program for a handful of countries, but she *never* specified that yesterday. Her…
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 2, 2023
Doocy continues to drill the Press Sec. to the truth, no matter how many times Jean-Pierre attempted to dodge his questions, is a testament to his journalistic integrity. Doocy’s fact-checking of Jean-Pierre serves as an example to other reporters of how to get to the truth when dealing with a White House press secretary intent on avoiding it.
