Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre cracked up reporters in the briefing room by bantering about a laptop mishap that disrupted the Q&A.
At Thursday’s White House press briefing, Jean-Pierre was momentarily distracted by Heinrich’s laptop, saying “I thought I was hearing things, but I’m not!”
Heinrich drew laughs with a well-timed quip:
Q The — the President did have this lunch with historians, and I’m wondering if there are any details you can share about that. And also, like, what about this particular moment has him reaching out to historians?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, the President has done this before.
(A reporter’s laptop audio can be heard.)
I hear something. Okay. I thought I heard som- — a voice. (Laughs.)
JACQUI HEINRICH: It was just — sorry.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That was your — all right. No worries, Jacqui.
I thought I was hearing things, but I’m not.
JACQUI HEINRICH: (Inaudible.) (Laughter.)
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I was like, “I’m the only person that’s hearing it? Okay.” (Laughter.)
JACQUI HEINRICH: It’s not just you.
It was me — in your head. Sorry. (Laughter.)
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. Okay. You — okay. (Laughs.)
Okay. So, look, the President tends to — and he’s done this before. He’s met with historians before — ahead of a — of an important national moment, which we’re about to see, certainly, as it relates to January 6th. And he met with these historians — a diverse group of historians to hear from them, to hear directly from them on their thoughts about our democracy here in this country and abroad.
And the President felt it was incredibly important to hear from this diverse group of — of historians. And, again, he’s done this before. It’s not the first time.
And so — and also, I think this says a lot about how the President sees things more broadly. He believes in — in hearing a diverse — from a diverse group of people, hearing different voices on policy issues and certainly on something as important as our democracy. And that’s what — that’s what you essentially saw from this President yesterday.
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