Conservative social media users attacked the White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre This week to share a photo of the White House communications team, calling it “the best team in the business.”
Biden critics on X slammed the post, questioning the claim and accusing the press secretary of lying on behalf of President Biden throughout his time in office.
Conservative columnist Tim Young commented on Jean-Pierre's post, saying, “It takes an army to come up with answers and lies.”
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been criticized online for her post in which she described the White House communications team as “the best” in the business. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The outgoing press secretary shared the photo on her X account on Friday, which depicted her and about a dozen of her staff smiling as they stood next to President Biden.
She captioned the photo, “This is the best team in the business. I couldn't do it without you. Let's watch the tape! #thewestwing #POTUS #WhiteHouse.”
The photo went viral and attracted criticism from countless critics who expressed their frustration with Jean-Pierre's time as press secretary.
Washington Times columnist Tim Murtaugh offered Jean-Pierre and his cronies a stark farewell, writing: “This 'best team in the business' lied to the world about the president's mental and physical fitness and, in the end, failed. Their work led to Trump's big win.” “Which was a complete rejection of everything they did in the most important jobs they would ever have.”
“Nice work,” he added.
Free Press columnist Eli Lake asked, “In what area is this team the best?”
Conservative radio host Michael Perry criticized Jean-Pierre and her team, posting: “Dumb and dumber. And dumber. And even dumber. And yet even dumber. And shockingly even dumber than that. And….”
Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter for the Washington Free Beacon, noted, “They're actually the worst in the business, which means they'll be making over $300,000 in that city in a couple of months.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2024. (Ting Xin/AFP via Getty Images)
Columnist for Fox News David Marcus He accused the White House communications teams of lying about Biden's health and other major issues throughout his presidency. He said: “These are the people who helped lie to American citizens about Biden's mental capacity and his plans to pardon his son. I get it. I was wearing a bag over my head and I was one of them.”
“I'm still waiting for her to show some semblance of shyness, but she doesn't have it in her,” said RedState.com writer Bonchie.
Federal editor-in-chief Molly Hemingway attacked the team, saying: “There is no easier job in the universe than to be press secretary for a Democrat. And yet you all still fail in some way.”
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Jean-Pierre's final year in office was marked by more embarrassing explanations and defenses of Biden's tenure.
Unforgettable moments They included her sparking a feud with CBS correspondent Ed O'Keefe after she refused to answer his inquiry about a neurologist from Walter Reed Army Medical Center visiting Biden at the White House several times that year; Saying that questioning Biden's inflammatory rhetoric about then-candidate Donald Trump after he was nearly assassinated twice was itself “incredibly dangerous”; He dismissed videos showing Biden looking weak as “cheap fakes.”
