‘Who’s Saying That?’ Watch Jen Psaki Bust Newsmax Reporter for Vague Claim About a ‘Growing Perception’

White House press staffs — not only from the current administration, but also its predecessors — generally detest anonymous media speculation. On Friday, press secretary Jen Psaki busted a reporter who tried to frame a question around supposed chatter from unnamed colleagues.

During Friday afternoon’s White House press briefing, Newsmax correspondent Emerald Robinson constructed her query for Psaki around a supposed “growing perception” surrounding President Joe Biden — without citing anyone who is spreading that perception.

“There’s a growing perception that this is really just the third term of President [Barack] Obama,” Robinson said. “What do you say to people who say that?”

The press secretary tried to get Robinson to name the person or people making that argument.

“Who’s saying that?” Psaki said.

Despite Psaki pressing for specifics, Robinson kept her question vague.

“You’ve heard that a lot in the media,” the Newsmax reporter replied.

Psaki tried again.

“Who in the media?” She asked.

Again, Robinson failed to cite anyone.

“Different people,” Robinson said.

Psaki tried once more.

“Like…?”

“Well there was lots of questions,” Robinson said, “about when you had Japanese Prime Minister [Yoshihide] Suga here. On the one and only — so far, in person — bilateral head of state meeting, it was Vice President Kamala Harris who greeted the prime minister. Many people found that odd. She’s already taking independent one-on-one calls with key allies like [Australian] Prime Minister [Scott] Morrison and [Canadian Prime Minister] Justin Trudeau. So I just want to get your reaction to people who question that.”

The press secretary dispatched the nebulous query with an equally substantive response.

“Well,” she said, “it’s hard to react when I don’t know what people you’re talking about.”

Watch above, via CSPAN.