Not that you need another reason to be disgusted by the White House Press Sec Jen Psaki, but she outdid herself this time. In her arrogance, Psaki downplayed the inflation crisis and mocked families struggling to pay for Thanksgiving.
Reporter Peter Doocy demanded Psaki answer for Biden’s fancy trip to a billionaire’s compound in Nantucket while American’s struggled to survive his economy and celebrate Thanksgiving.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever cooked a turkey before, but a twenty-pound turkey is a pretty big turkey, I think we can all agree,” PSaki snarked. “They’re about $1 more.”
She continued, “not to minimize that, any increase in prices is something the president is concerned about, as is evidenced by his announcement today and as his efforts to push forward on additional relief for the American people. But I just want to be clear that there’s an abundance of Turkeys available, about $1 more for a 20-pound bird, which is a huge bird, if you’re feeding a very big family and that’s something that again, we’ve been working to make sure people have more money in their pockets to address it as the economy is turning back on.”
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Doocy: Biden "said…he was sent here to look out for these…families who are strained…[W]hat should they read into him leaving at this time of great personal financial hardship for so many to go to Nantucket?
Psaki says she "hope[s] you're spending time w/your family"
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— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 23, 2021
PETER DOOCY: What message does it send to the middle-class Americans President Biden says that he’s trying to help who are struggling this week to cover the cost of the most expensive Thanksgiving ever, that the president is going to take a few days off at a billionaire’s compound in Nantucket?
JEN PSAKI: Well, first I would say, I don’t know if you’ve ever cooked a turkey before, but a twenty-pound turkey is a pretty big turkey, I think we can all agree. They’re about $1 more.
So not to minimize that, any increase in prices is something the president is concerned about, as is evidenced by his announcement today and as his efforts to push forward on additional relief for the American people. But I just want to be clear that there’s an abundance of Turkeys available, about $1 more for a 20-pound bird, which is a huge bird, if you’re feeding a very big family and that’s something that again, we’ve been working to make sure people have more money in their pockets to address it as the economy is turning back on.
DOOCY: But the president said today that he was sent here to look out for these working and middle-class families who are strained right now. So what should they read into him leaving now at this time of great personal financial hardship for so many to go to Nantucket for the week?
PSAKI: Well, first, I would say, Peter that I hope you’re spending time with your family. I’m spending time with my family. I hope everybody in here is spending time with their family. This is a time to put politics aside, spend time with your loved ones, and talk about what you’re grateful for. I will also tell you spending time working for this president and a past president that you’re president no matter where you are. He will conduct his work from wherever he is on any vacation, and any time he is in Delaware, at Camp David or wherever he may be spending time with his loved ones. He has secure phone capabilities, he has staff traveling with him and I think the American people can be assured that he will continue to press to lower their costs and ensure that they have more breathing room.
