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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

New White House press secretary pushes back on Fox question over Biden trip to Buffalo but not other scenes of attacks

AP

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to engage with a query from a Fox News correspondent who asked why President Joe Biden was able to visit Buffalo to comfort victims of a white supremacist mass shooting which took place there over the weekend but not other disaster-stricken communities.

Correspondent Peter Doocy on Monday pressed Ms Jean-Pierre, who was conducting her first briefing since taking over for former press secretary Jen Psaki, on why Mr Biden did not also choose to visit Waukesha, Wisconsin after a man who was allegedly fleeing a domestic dispute fatally ran down six people and injured 61 others during the town’s 21 November 2021 Christmas parade.

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