KJP Storms Out Of Briefing Room When Challenged

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stomped away from her briefing Monday after a back-and-forth with a reporter about whether a question related to the federal response to Hurricane Helene was “misinformation.”

The NY Post reports Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre to explain why the Harris-Biden administration had nearly $157 million at-the-ready to assist displaced people and refugees in Lebanon, but needs to beg Congress for additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as FEMA  faces a shortfall in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene. 

“We’ve taken this very seriously,” the White House spokeswoman responded. “More than $200 million that we have provided to the impacted areas, but instead, people want to do disinformation, misinformation, which is dangerous.” 

KJP, dressed up like a little kid in her dad’s jacket for some reason, gets mad because Peter Doocy asks about the Biden/Kamala administration not having enough money for hurricane relief: pic.twitter.com/M0t2W9Lr8e

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When Doocy asked what the lack of additional funding for FEMA – noted by President Biden in a recent letter to congressional leaders – but available funds for Lebanon says about Biden’s “values,” Jean-Pierre again charged that his question was “misinformation.” 

“Your whole premise of the question is misinformation, sir,” Jean-Pierre said. 

“Excuse me?” Doocy shot back. 

“Yes, yes, it’s misinformation,” the White House press secretary tripled-down. “I just mentioned to you that we provided more than $200 million to folks who are impacted in the area.” 

The 81-year-old president warned the leaders of the House and Senate on Friday that “without additional funding, FEMA would be required to forego longer-term recovery activities in favor of meeting urgent needs.”  

“The Congress should provide FEMA additional resources to avoid forcing that kind of unnecessary trade-off,” Biden added, noting that in addition to the parts of the country devastated by Hurricane Helene, “many other communities are also in urgent need of disaster assistance.”