Fox News’s Peter Doocy seems to really want attention during press briefings. It’s as if Doocy wants to be like CNN’s Jim Acosta during the Trump administration. The problem is, though, that Doocy is not anything like Acosta, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki is nothing like Kayleigh McEnany. It’s as if Doocy sets himself up to be Psaki’d during each briefing.
On Friday, Doocy, who must know that President Joe Biden never ran on defunding the police, asked Psaki about the views of Vanita Gupta last year, who was confirmed this year on a bipartisan basis by the Senate, 51-49. Gupta is now serving as the United States Associate Attorney General. And with everything going on, it’s rather weird that Doocy would bring that up. So, Psaki read a report from Fox News to the Fox News reporter to clear that up.
Watch:
Psaki uses a Fox News report to respond to Doocy pic.twitter.com/Ml1ucFWF9E
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 2, 2021
Twitter users pounced:
We are all Peter Alexander pic.twitter.com/CKSRHK3r2A
— em is back in town (@emisbackintown7) July 2, 2021
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😂😂😂 @PeterAlexander‘s face. pic.twitter.com/r0ceYAkfk9
— BRT🏳️🌈🇺🇲 (@BioRecTech) July 2, 2021
This glance on the right is called “The Doocy”. All other journalists have perfected it and get to use it regularly. pic.twitter.com/d4oOmxAcY9
— RollWithIt (@jbrdtrd) July 2, 2021
He is pretty sad. I almost feel sorry for him 😂 He is trying so hard for a “got ya” moment 😂 She chews him up every time and spits him out.
— Jan (@Missi_Jan) July 2, 2021
Poor @pdoocy doesn’t understand the difference between defund and decrease. Can someone show him how to google word definitions?
— Susan 😷💙🇺🇸 (@susanj357) July 2, 2021
It looks like the Journalists around Doocey are trying not to burst out laughing
— Party of Fear (@kdevil66) July 2, 2021
Lol.. she brought the Fox receipts
— Bill Johnson (@Bill43111) July 2, 2021
In the Trump era, Gupta advocated for criminal justice reform, and she said during a hearing for her nomination: “I do not support defunding the police. I have, in fact, spent my career advocating where it has been necessary for greater resources for law enforcement and things like body-worn cameras, officer wellness and safety programs, and any number of measures.”
And again, President Biden has never called for defunding the police. That’s just hogwash, or as the former guy would say, it’s fake news.
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