During her tenure as White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre has had an adversarial relationship with a number of reporters for a litany of reasons — but perhaps no relationship is more adversarial than the one with Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba.
Jean-Pierre and Ateba have actually become something of a meme in recent months, with the two becoming almost comically confrontational.
The frequent squabbling of the two, however, gave way to a peculiar development on Monday — namely, is the White House now trying to scrub these less-than-flattering exchanges from the internet?
You can see the fully restored video below:
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“Are you going to take questions from me?” Ateba asked. “Because you’ve been discriminating against me for the past nine months.”
Another reporter jumped in to defend Jean-Pierre, prompting a wry smile from the press secretary.
“Please stop,” the unidentified female reporter told Ateba. “How is she discriminating against you?”
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