Months later, Jean-Pierre still playing dodgeball at White House briefing
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Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre regularly dodges questions from White House reporters, including on issues such as Biden's abortion stance or energy production.
But White House reporters told Fox News Digital in July that Jean-Pierre usually leans on "prepared answers" and "doesn't appear willing" to provide direct answers to direct questions. Now settled into her job, Jean-Pierre still regularly sidesteps questions on major issues. Tyler Olson is a reporter covering the Senate for Fox News Digital.
One White House reporter recently brought up comments from SpaceX founder Elon Musk that many observers criticized as boosting Russian interests in relation to its war on Ukraine. The reporter asked if those comments represented the U.S. position – but Jean-Pierre addressed neither Musk nor what he said.
"The president has been very clear, we have been very clear about this, and he believes decisions about negotiations or decisions about Ukraine are decisions for Ukraine to make. And nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, and I will leave it there," Pierre said on Oct. 17. "I won't say more from here."