Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

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• Watch Weekends with Jonathan Capehart Highlights: April 21
• President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary
• Opinion: The Supreme Court just showed us that Trump is not incompetent. He’s a master of corruption
• President Biden forgets date of Jan. 6 Capitol riots at glitzy fundraiser hosted by Michael Douglas
• Column: Sore losers are trying to recall Newsom, again. They’re robbing voters of their voice
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The President thinks that’s really important. Protecting our fundamental freedoms and our democracy itself is incredibly important. Q    The President signed an order of action for the enemy — steal the enemies — U.S. informations, but that there’s a list of six countries, including China and North Korea, Iran — there’s six countries. That piece of legislation, only Democrats voted for it. It’s — it’s going to take some time for everyone to see what we — what this President has been able to do. The State of the Union is a perfect opportunity — perfect opportunity to lay that out.

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They’re also working with our international partners to discourage disorderly mass movements across the border. Look, we believe we’ve had a comprehensive message, we’ve had a comprehensive plan. But again, we’re in a new phase of this — of this pandemic.

President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary

In a November 2020 profile, Out Magazine wrote that she was "the first Black person and first out lesbian to hold that position for a vice-presidential nominee." "Clearly the president believes that representation matters, and I appreciate him giving me this opportunity, and it's another reason why I think we're all so proud that this is the most diverse administration in history." Jean-Pierre was born in Haiti and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, growing up in Queens, New York. She has served as deputy press secretary since the start of the administration and has filled in for Psaki behind the White House podium and briefed reporters traveling with the president.

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And that’s what we’ve seen from Republicans continuing — like, when they put out their budget recently, that’s what they’re doing. You all — you all listened to the President, right? So, he had an opportunity this morning, so he was going to take that opportunity to say how we need to continue to move forward with the border — border — border security negotiation — or the plan that came out of the negotiation. We heard from the former President, who said, “Don’t move forward.”  He told Republicans to reject it. We need that bipartisan border security n- — bill — or the negotiation that came together on that, and we have to move forward with it.

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And he has also been equally clear that we are going to renew our request to the Congress for aid to Ukraine. As the President just said, there is no higher priority than the safety and wellbeing of American citizens being held hostage overseas. Also at President Biden’s direction, the U.S. military has enhanced its force posture in the region to strengthen our deterrence, including the movement of a carrier strike group into the Eastern Mediterranean. And we are prepared to move additional assets as necessary. We mourn for all their lives, and we’re actively working with Israelis to determine the whereabouts of the missing, including missing American citizens. And I have the National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, here to take any of your questions on this issue.

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Want to get your response to some comments from Senator Sanders over the weekend. He said the President has every right to be proud of his record, but he seemed to suggest that the President should spend less time touting his record and Bidenomics and more time speaking to the anxieties of Americans who are still struggling in the current economy. He said, “Democrats, up and down the line, are going to have to be much clearer to the American people as to what they stand for.” I wonder if you have any reaction to that. So, we have a packed agenda, as you can imagine. And we’ll have more to share in the coming days.

The fact is that it’s going to take some time for us to dig out of the hole that was created by six months of delay before Congress passed the supplemental. These capabilities are going to start moving immediately to make up for lost time. And while today’s announcement is very good news for Ukraine, they are still under severe pressure on the battlefield, and it is certainly possible that Russia could make additional tactical gains in the coming weeks. As Senior Advisor to President Biden, Anita advised on the administration’s overall strategy and messaging, helping the President take steps and win legislative victories that helped jumpstart the economy after the pandemic.

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And as I said in my opening comments, you can expect to see American planes flying into Israel to deliver military capabilities to support Israel. What exact form that all takes, that will be worked out and presented by others, not by me. But the notion that we’re going to go up and ask for Israel aid and ask for Ukraine aid, that’s unequivocal. But the President was very clear today that we will be making a request to the Congress, and it will include a request for funding for support to Israel.

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But, so far, nationally, in our analysis of the data, death numbers are just beginning to rise. We obviously want to make sure that does not go any further. We know we can prevent nearly every death from COVID if people get their updated vaccines and people get treated. I do think that that standard link we’ve seen between cases and deaths are going to be different because there’s less testing.

Jill and I have known and respected Karine a long time and she will be a strong voice speaking for me and this Administration. Now, on Title 42, we’ve inquired — we are required by the court to lift Title 42, and we plan to comply with that order. And so — but Title 42 or not, every individual encountered at the border is screened and processed by Border Patrol agents before they are placed in removal proceedings.

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And we have to — I believe people of goodwill have to lean into that progress, but realize that we are on the frontline against a rising tide of a lot of “isms.” And we’ve got to continue to push — push back together. And I’m happy to take any questions you might have right now. The President and — and Vice President will meet privately with organizers of the march, community leaders, and members of the King family shortly, in just about a half hour.

We’ve asked Congress to update our woefully outdated immigration system — we’ve been very clear on that — including — including the temporary visa programs that haven’t been updated in more than two decades — in more than two decades. I don’t have any conversation to — to read out or to — to predict for you that the President is going to have with the Speaker. As I mentioned, the OMB — OMB Director Shalanda Young has been in — in contact with members of Congress, so has his Legislative Affairs shop. They have been — have continuous conversations about this, underscoring the importance — the importance of these vital programs that the American people need. And so, the — what I can say here and now, and as the President has said, he is committed to delivering everything that he — he can to the people of Hawaii — what they need — and we will be with them as long as it takes for them to rebuild. The President has been very clear about that.

Newsom may be checkmated by Harris at the moment, but time is on his side. At just 53 years old, he could seek the presidency anytime between now and 2044 and still be younger than Biden when he took the oath of office in January. Apart from president, there is no bigger job in American politics than leading the wealthiest and most populous state in the country. Ronald Reagan used Sacramento as his stepping stone to the White House and others tried.

Anita Dunn is one of the nation’s top communications and political strategists, and is a close advisor to President Biden. She recently served as a Senior Advisor to President Biden, and is currently a partner and founding member of SKDK. She brings decades of experience advising Presidents and senior Democrats. She served as a chief strategist to President Obama as a senior campaign advisor and as the White House Communications Director. She has also worked in leading roles for Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, and Evan Bayh.