‘I Don’t Think You Guys Need Me!’ Biden Spox Jokes Morning Joe Crew Did Her Job Hyping Up Biden Speech

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joked that the Morning Joe crew had done her job for her in teeing up President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address by listing Biden’s accomplishments and contrasting him with former President Donald Trump.

President Biden is set to give his 2024 State of the Union address Thursday night, where he is expected to set the table for a stepped-up campaign and lay out the stakes for the election as he seeks to assuage voter doubts about his energy and accomplishments.

On Thursday morning’s edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough and his panel of show regulars spent several minutes making the case for Biden and against Trump, leading up to their interview with Jean-Pierre.

KJP joked “I don’t think you guys need me this morning, but it’s good to be on!” — but previewed the speech anyway:

WILLIE GEIST: Let’s go right to the White House. Joining us now, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

Karine, it’s good to see you this morning.

So, let’s —

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, good to see you.

GEIST: Let’s —

JEAN-PIERRE: I was going to say, I don’t think you guys need me. I was just listening to — to the commentary. I don’t think you guys need me this morning, but it’s good to be on!

GEIST: Well, we’ll ask you. We’ll ask you anyway, Karine.

So, let’s talk about that contrast that you seek to draw. Clearly, it’s been a two-man race for sometime now, but almost officially now after Super Tuesday that it is going to be, Donald Trump as the Republican nominee versus the president.

So, how will you draw a contrast while talking about your own record with your opponent?

JEAN-PIERRE: Well, again, Willie, good to see you. And thank you so much for having me.

Look, tonight is obviously a very important night. The president is looking forward to not just being in front of Congress but talking directly to the American people. Just think about it. He’ll be talking to folks who are sitting on their couches, sitting around the kitchen table, and letting them know how he sees the vision for our country, talking about how he’s going to build on these accomplishments that has delivered — that has delivered gains for the American families.

Look, he’s also going to talk about who he stands for, who he stands for. And if you think about this, middle class over tax giveaways for the rich, right? You think about lowering costs over greed, corporate greed. If you think about women’s health care over these extreme bans that we have been seeing across the country, and on abortion and IVF, as well.

When you think about American democracy, standing up for that over the hateful, violent rhetoric and the attack of our rule of law that we have been seeing, if you think about standing for patients over big pharma. So, you’re going to see the president lay that all out. Don’t want to get too far ahead of him, but that’s how he’s going to do the contrast here.

It’s going to be important for the American people, as he knows it and understands it, and as you all been talking about it this morning to hear directly from him on his vision.

How — what he’s done in the last three years. He’s done more in the last three years, Willie, than most presidents have been able to do in their first — in their two terms. And so, that is going to be important for the president tonight.

Watch above via MSNBC’s Morning Joe.