Former President Joe Biden, accompanied by former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre before she left the Democratic Party. ( (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))
"We are not finishing a wall. We are cleaning up the mess that the prior administration made. We are trying to save lives. This is what the prior administration left behind that we are now cleaning up," Jean-Pierre declared from the White House briefing room's podium in July of 2022, as the Biden administration said it would not continue work on the Trump administration's border wall.
"A border wall is an ineffective use of taxpayer dollars, so it's ineffective," she added.
Months later, as Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border because of health concerns was set to expire, Jean-Pierre argued, "It would be wrong to think that the border is open. It is not open."
BIDEN-ERA WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS EXPRESS DISBELIEF ON KARINE JEAN-PIERRE'S SUDDEN PARTY SWITCH
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"Tomorrow is Trans Visibility Day," Jean-Pierre said during a March 2023 press conference slamming Republicans who put forth legislation that aimed to keep biological boys out of girls' sports and end transgender surgeries for minors. "On a day that we should be lifting up our trans kids and our trans youth and making sure that they feel seen, we're seen more and more of these hateful, hateful bills."
"We've been very clear about these anti-LGBTQ bills that we're seeing in state legislatures across the country, in particular these anti-trans bills, as they attack trans kids, as they attack trans parents. It is shameful, and it is unacceptable," she added.
In the months leading up to Election Day, Trump faced two separate assassination attempts, including one in Butler, Pennsylvania, during a campaign rally in July that left him with an injury to the side of his head after a bullet whizzed towards him, and another in September when a man attempted to kill Trump while he played golf in Florida.
President Joe Biden speaks at an event just days before his administration ended. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Jean-Pierre exhaled in a sign of disapproval before answering: "Peter, if anything, from this administration, I actually completely disagree with the premise of your question, the question that you're asking. It is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you are asking it, because American people are watching. And to say that, when you start bringing political rhetoric. . . . That is not okay."
"There are people watching at home who might miss the part where you say, let's lower the temperature. And there are mentally unstable people who are attempting to kill political candidates, attempting to kill Donald Trump. And they are still hearing this White House refer to him as a threat. Is there no concern?" Doocy continued in the press conference.
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"We're using examples. We're not just saying that just to say it," Jean-Pierre responded.
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