Fox News reporter Peter Doocy, and Karine Jean Pierre went around and round Friday while Karine Jean-Pierre (White House Press Secretary) repeatedly denied condemning harassment of Supreme Court justices dining out in restaurants. At one point she just dismissed, “That is what a democracy is.”
Doocy started off with a fairly straight forward question: “Does the President think it’s appropriate for abortion-rights protesters to intimidate Supreme Court justices when they are out to eat? Like Brett Kavanaugh who had to sneak out of a steakhouse last night.”
Pierre insisted that the White House is against “violence” and “intimidation.” She didn’t explain how hounding a justice out of a restaurant isn’t intimidation. This exchange took place:
KARINE JEAN PIERRE: People should have the right to peacefully protest.
DOOCY in a restaurant
JEAN PIERRE: If it’s outside of a restaurant, if it is peaceful, for sure.
DOOCY: Really?
JEAN PIERRE – Peaceful protest. My core concern was violence and intimidation.
DOOCY. So, these justices because these protesters don’t agree with an opinion that they signed up to have no rights to privacy is what your saying?
JEAN PIERRE This is the essence of democracy.
Pierre avoided repeatedly telling left-wing sympathizers not to harass Supreme Court justices at home or in public.
DOOCY: But you never said “Don’t go to their houses” as long as they are peaceful. Would you say “Don’t go to a restaurant” that a Supreme Court justice is at?
JEAN PIERRE: What I’m saying is we condemn any intimidation when it comes to judges. We have — the President has talked about this and the President has put out statements.
DOOCY: So there are special cases when it’s okay if protesters know that a justice is out to eat at restaurant that they can go and protest as long as they are what you consider peaceful? That’s okay?
JEAN Pierre: Yes, peaceful protests. That’s what we say. Peaceful protests are what we want. We condemn intimidation.
Liberals in the media don’t appear to bothered the wave of pro-abortion terror striking the U.S. A NewsBusters study found that the networks refused to say the name of the terrorist group Jane’s Revenge, an organization that has been targeting pro-life centers with fire bombings and violence.
The transcript is available below. Click “expand” to read more.
White House Briefing
7/8/2022
1.32 PM ETPETER DOOCY (Thank you Karine). We spoke briefly about privacy. Does the President think it’s appropriate for abortion-rights protesters to intimidate Supreme Court justices when they are out to eat? Brett Kavanaugh, who was forced to leave a steakhouse after being intimidated by abortion-rights protesters last night.
KARINE JEAN PAIERRE: It has been quite clear. The President is very clear. Any intimidation of judges regarding this particular question is unacceptable. That has been condemned. We have — He has signed a piece of legislation making sure they have the protection that they need.
DOOCY: But you never said “Don’t go to their houses” as long as they are peaceful. Would you say “Don’t go to a restaurant” that a Supreme Court justice is at?
JEAN PIERRE: What I’m saying is we condemn any intimidation when it comes to judges. We have — the President has talked about this and the President has put out statements.
DOOCY: So there are special cases when it’s okay if protesters know that a justice is out to eat at restaurant that they can go and protest as long as they are what you consider peaceful? That’s okay?
JEAN Pierre: Yes, peaceful protests. That’s what we say. Peaceful protests are what we want. We condemn intimidation.
DOOCY: So where’s the line? If these protesters can go to a justice’s house and they can go to a restaurant, where is it that you don’t think that it’s appropriate for a group of protesters to go?
JEAN PIERRE – I’m just laying out. You wanted to know about intimidation. All violence is condemned. We’ve been very clear. This is an explicit definition of violence and intimidation. People should have the right to peaceful protests.
DOOCY in a restaurant
JEAN PIERRE: If it’s outside of a restaurant, if it is peaceful, for sure.
DOOCY: Really?
JEAN PIERRE – Peaceful protest. My core concern was violence and intimidation.
DOOCY. So, these justices because these protesters don’t agree with an opinion that they signed up to have no rights to privacy is what your saying?
JEAN Pierre: Peter, the people are entitled to this right. This is the definition of democracy.
DOOCY: People don’t have a right to privacy?
JEAN PIERRE – People have the right to privacy. However, people have the right peacefully to demonstrate their opinions. It’s the intimidation and violence that we condemn. Peter —
DOOCY: Isn’t that creating a potentially really bad situation when there are people, even if they are being peaceful at the time, that are angry? And that’s why they would be there. Right?
JEAN PAIERRE: Peter! We condemn violence.
DOOCY: You said it’s okay to protest at a restaurant!
JEAN Pierre: Peaceful protests should be permitted. We do condemn intimidation. We also condemn violence of any kind. We’ve been very clear on that.
DOOCY: So President Biden —
JEAN PIERRE: And the President has signed — the President has signed legislation that was passed in a bipartisan way in Congress to make sure the judges have the protection that they need. We — this administration — has provided U.S. marshals through the DOJ to make sure these judges are protected. We have demonstrated that we don’t believe violence and intimidation are the best way. That is not how you have a political discussion. I’m done here, Peter.
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