White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre openly refused to call on a New York Post reporter Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre dismissed New York Post reporter Steve Nelson after he vocally took issue with her ignoring him for an extended period. The viral interaction showed Nelson interrupting Jean-Pierre as she looked for another reporter to call on.
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“You haven’t called on me in two seasons, Karine,” Nelson said.
“And I’m not calling on you today,” Jean-Pierre quipped as she pointed to another reporter. “Go ahead.”
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Nelson then proceeded to criticize her as disrespectful, speaking above the others in the room.
“You should be ashamed of that,” he said. “That shows disrespect to a free and independent media to blacklist one of our country’s largest and most widely read newspapers, Karine. That shows con …
Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to call on New York Post reporter: ‘And I’m not calling on you today’
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