By Jason Miciak
August 6, 2021
We will start off here by giving some credit to Newsmax’s Emerald Robinson, well – not so much credit to Robinson, as it is a reflection on Peter Doocy’s need for the “Gotcha” question for Psaki that never “gets” him anywhere. Today it was Newsmax’s turn and it wasn’t so much the question, which was a decent one, it was the fact that she just would not shut up when the answer had been made clear to her.
As usual, Mediaite sets up the transcript for us:
Robinson then former Biden COVID-19 adviser Michael Osterholm, who said on CNN on Monday, “We know today that many of the face cloth coverings that people wear are not very effective in reducing any of the virus movement in or out.”
“We need to talk about better masking. We need to talk about N-95 respirators, which would do a lot for both people who are not yet vaccinated or not previously infected.”
And then the rumble: Upon Robinson mentioning Osterholm as “one of the president’s top COVID advisers,” Psaki interjected with “who’s not a current adviser to the president.”
That didn’t slow Robinson down, “But was, still notable, right?” and from there she went on to explain that this fits along with what Gov. DeSantis has been saying, despite knowing full well that Biden could personally hand out a dozen N-95s and not require mask to be worn:
PSAKI:
“I think you’re confusing a few things there, but let me first say that Osterholm is not an adviser to the president, to the administration, to the White House, he doesn’t work here. He’s a private citizen and … a public health expert.”
“But a lot of public health experts are out there speaking and good for them,” she continued. “I will say that we are going to continue to rely on the advice of medical experts in the federal government on what kind of masks we all should wear. What kind of masks kids should wear. If they change that advice, then the Department of Education will be working with schools to make sure that’s implemented as a mitigation measure.”
GET READY, PSAKI: “The issue we have taken with the guidance of Governor DeSantis which he, of course, is fundraising off of, I think we should note, is that he is preventing schools and teachers and others from protecting themselves and the students in their classroom. And as a mother myself that’s concerning and I’m sure it’s concerning to mothers in Florida.”
Robinson tried to follow up, Psaki wasn’t having it: “I think we’re going to have to continue.” Picking on the next reporter, Psaki said, “Go ahead. I think we’ve got to continue. Go ahead.”
Robinson either has trouble understanding English, Body language, or death stares, which are different than Death Stars, but not much in this case:
“You had a very long question,” Psaki told Robinson. “We’ve got to continue.”
“Go ahead,” Psaki told the next reporter.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Emerald, we’re going to continue,” said Psaki, causing Robinson to give up.
Lord, grant me the patience that Jen Psaki has with Newsmax staffer Emerald Robinson pic.twitter.com/o2zE9VFMGN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 6, 2021
What’s that, 4-0 in favor of Psaki? Even Doocy usually noticed he’s wearing the dunce cap after two, maybe three attempts. Emerald started strong but ended up getting her ass kicked globally. As they all do.
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