White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday pushed back against the assertion that Georgia’s new voting laws are less restrictive than Colorado’s laws.
Psaki was asked the question by Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy during Tuesday’s White House briefing.
“Is the White House concerned that Major League Baseball is moving their All-Star Game to Colorado, where voting regulations are very similar to Georgia?” Doocy wondered. Continue reading.
When Jen Psaki, the new White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, held a briefing on Monday, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy accused Biden of having a double standard when it comes to travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. And Psaki quickly laid out the flaws in Doocy’s argument.
Doocy told Psaki that when former President Donald Trump imposed travel restrictions on people entering the U.S. from China in 2020, Biden “called it xenophobic and fear-mongering.” But now, Doocy added, “President Biden is putting travel restrictions on people coming in from other countries.”
Psaki told Doocy, “I don’t think that’s quite a fair articulation. The president has been clear that he felt the Muslim ban was xenophobic; he overturned the Muslim ban. He also, though, has supported…. travel restrictions in order to keep the American people safe, to ensure that we are keeping the pandemic under control. That’s been part of his policy.” Continue reading.
