Of course it doesn't ... KPJ is a ridiculously buffoonish liar. But, she's trying to lie for the most ludicrously inept, moronic presidential administration in the history of the country, soooooooo ... she's in a no-win situation even if she did possess an IQ higher than an amoeba.
http://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/12/09/karine-jean-pierres-insistence-that-it-was-either-brittney-griner-or-no-one-doesnt-pass-smell-test/
At yesterday’s White House press briefing, Fox News’ Peter Doocy tried to get some answers from Karine Jean-Pierre about why the Biden administration was willing to turn over Viktor Bout, a terrorist arms dealer colloquially known as “The Merchant of Death,” over to Russia in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner. Jean-Pierre didn’t provide any satisfactory answers (and ultimately grabbed her binder and fled from the podium).
Well, on day 2 of questions about the problematic prisoner swap, Jean-Pierre’s still giving terrible answers to valid and important questions:
Greg Price (@greg_price11) ~ Jean-Pierre: "We knew about a week or two ago that there was going to be a deal for Brittney Griner and that was what the Russians had presented to us and they wanted the deal to secure her return was Mr. Bout for Brittney Griner."
http://twitter.com/i/status/1601291474465099776
Well, everyone? Are you satisfied with that? No?
Good. Because you shouldn’t be satisfied with it. And the fact that the Biden administration was satisfied with it is genuinely disturbing.
JEFF2975 (@JEFFWH75) ~ So they just had to accept the deal the Russians presented?
Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) ~ Did we make a counteroffer? Or just take Putin’s sticker price?
It sounds like Russia was holding all the cards at the negotiating table. If you can even call what happened negotiating. Sounds more like Putin said “Jump” and Biden said “How high?” Is that supposed to make the Biden administration look good? This is supposed to be a defense of their horrible decision?
Von Hencke (@VONHENCKE2R6) ~ I smell manure!!!!
We smell it, too. Especially after NBC News reported that Russia initially offered to return detained retired Marine Paul Whelan and the White House chose Griner instead — and then NBC altered their article to line up with the White House’s narrative.
Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com (@JordanSchachtel) ~ NBC News, a known state propaganda outlet, is participating in the cover up operation. First edition vs stealth edited edition.
David Hookstead (@dhookstead) ~ NBC had a bombshell report that Russia offered America Brittney Griner OR Paul Whelan, citing a senior government official. It would be Biden's choice which one to save.
The report was later edited without explanation to mirror Biden's explanation that only Griner was offered.
If you can believe one thing about the Biden administration, it’s that the Biden administration cannot — and should not — be believed.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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