Karine Jean-Pierre Dodges Questions About ‘Why Haven’t We Seen Or Heard From President Biden’ as Government Shutdown Looms

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged questions about why President Joe Biden has not spoken about the looming government shutdown.

Jean-Pierre blamed President-elect Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and billionaire Elon Musk after the House failed to pass a spending bill on Thursday evening — after nearly 40 House Republicans voted it down. A spending bill to keep the government open had been negotiated between Democrats and Republicans before Trump and Musk killed the bill earlier this week.

During a press briefing on Friday afternoon, Jean-Pierre ignored multiple questions from reporters regarding Biden’s silence on the budget crisis. Below is a transcript of the exchange:

REPORTER: We hear that message from you, but why aren’t we hearing that directly from the president? Why haven’t we seen or heard from President Biden himself?

Jean-Pierre: This is a strategy that we have done many times before. Not the first time. And this is for Republicans in Congress, in the House specifically to fix. They created this mess. There was a bipartisan agreement. There was there was a bipartisan agreement…And so what we want to do and what the president wants to make sure we do is he is stands to ready to help get a bipartisan deal through. That’s what he wants to see.

And, you know, this is something that Republicans should own here. What they tried to jam at the 11th hour doesn’t reflect. And what the deal what that bipartisan deal that they came up with, obviously with Democrats and, you know, Republicans are showing a disregard for the American public.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.