Jen Psaki was clearly in a very patient mood today, even jovial, as a reporter I didn't recognize as a regular ventured to ask her some questions about Kevin McCarthy. The reporter explained he'd been to the GOP House leadership press conference on Biden's one-year anniversary in office, and she quipped with a smile, "Oh, boy! Did they have lots of good stuff to say?"
Low-key Sarcastic Psaki is my favorite Psaki.
The reporter went on to tell her about what WAS said, though it sounds like very little of it was "good stuff."
"Well, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejected the idea that the president floated yesterday that Republicans are blocking his agenda. He said the White House has not approached them about his agenda outside of infrastructure," he told Psaki. "What's your reaction to his words that you're not working with Republicans, and what's the pathway forward for his larger agenda items if there's gonna be a break-up of Build Back Better?"
"I would say that if Mr. McCarthy wants to come over here and have a constructive conversation about more we can do together to put people back to work, to protect people from the virus, to put in place smarter security measures at the border, we'd be happy to have that conversation," Psaki told him, but then she said, "I don't think that's a comment he made that's entirely on the level, given that we certainly have engaged with Republicans across the board, the President of the United States himself has, and so I don't think that really bears out in fact."
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