White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was not having it with questions about President Joe Biden’s fitness for the job.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre, “How is President Biden ever going to convince the three-quarters of voters who are worried about his physical and mental health that he is OK even though in Las Vegas, he told a story about recently talking to a French president who died in 1996?”
However, the press secretary did not entertain his question as she said, “I’m not even going to go down that rabbit hole with you, sir.”
Doocy then asked, “Why is it a rabbit hole?”
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Karine Jean-Pierre on Biden claiming he recently spoke to a French president who died in 1996: "I'm not even going to go down that rabbit hole" pic.twitter.com/4uX0AprYk2
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Jean-Pierre responded, “You saw the president in Vegas, in California. You’ve seen the president in South Carolina. You saw him in Michigan. I’ll just leave it there.”
Speaking to a crowd of supporters on Sunday, Biden shared a story of a conversation he had with leaders at a G-7 meeting.
“Right after I was elected I went to a G-7 meeting,” the president said.
He added, “I sat down and said, ‘America is back!’ and Mitterand from Germany — I mean France, looked at me and said, ‘How long you back for?’”
Biden tells crowd he recently met with Mitterrand, former French president who died in 1996.
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"Right after I was elected I went to a G7 meeting. I sat down and said, 'America is back!' and Mitterand from Germany — I mean France, looked at me and said, 'how long you back for?'" pic.twitter.com/X7hJH8SHk9
Biden appeared to referring to Francois Mitterrand, a French president who died in 1996.
However, the president of France during the time of the meeting he was speaking about is Emmanuel Macron.