White House Spox Defends Elizabeth Warren at Briefing After Elon Musk ‘Senator Karen’ Attack
During a briefing aboard Air Force One, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Senator Elizabeth Warren after billionaire Elon Musk attacked her as “Senator Karen.”
Ms. Jean-Pierre briefed reporters during Wednesday’s flight to Kentucky, during which the AP’s Zeke Miller asked about Musk’s criticism of Warren, including the specific “Karen” insult.
KJP defended Warren, although she said she had not heard all of Musk’s comments:
MR. MILLER: Does the White House have any reaction to Elon Musk’s comments? He’s made some comments, criticisms of the Build Back Better bill, particularly the union parts of the electric vehicle. And in the last 24 hours, there’s been a — kind of a spat between him and Senator Warren, where he called Senator Warren “Senator Karen” for some criticism.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, as you know, Senator Warren is a friend and has been a partner with us on many of the — you know, many of the President’s agenda, and we appreciate her support. Clearly, I have not heard Elon Musk’s direct comments, but she — we see her as a partner in this and a friend.
As far as the Build Back Better Agenda, look, this is — when you put — we’re about to get knocked out here by this door.
Are you okay, Jenny?
Q Yeah, I’m fine.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. When we put the Build Back Better Agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, this — those two components will have a historical investment on fighting climate change. This is something that we — the data shows. This is something that we know. And the President is very proud of his economic policy. It’s going to create jobs. It’s going to, you know, make sure we, like I said, fight climate change. It’s going to give the middle-class family, working families a break, breathing room.
And so, we’re just going to continue to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. Electric vehicles, clearly, is a big component of that. And that’s going to be our focus.
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