Watch: Jean-Pierre Gets Testy When Doocy Confronts Her Over Claim About Border Numbers
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got a little testy when she was confronted about a statement she made regarding illegal border crossings. Fox News’ Peter Doocy brought up a statistic she cited during her…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got a little testy when she was confronted about a statement she made regarding illegal border crossings.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy brought up a statistic she cited during her press briefing on Monday.
“You said yesterday that when it comes to illegal migration, you’ve seen it come down by more than 90%,” Doocy noted on Tuesday.
He asked, “Where did that number come from? Because CBP is telling us the number is 136,000 people more this fiscal year so far.”
As he continued speaking, Jean-Pierre began to respond and spoke over him as she said, “I was speaking… I hear you. I’m about to answer. I’m about to answer you. If you… if the dramatics could come down just a little bit.”
“What’s dramatic about asking a question…” Doocy responded.
The press secretary interrupted him as she said, “I’m going to answer. So I was speaking to the parolee program. As you know the president put in place a parolee program to deal with certain countries on ways that we can limit illegal migration.”
“And we have seen, the data has shown us, that it has gone by more than 90%. That was what I was speaking to,” she added.
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When Doocy attempted to ask a follow-up question, Jean-Pierre said, “No, we’re gonna go. We’re going to move… We’re moving, Peter.”
During a press briefing on Monday, Jean-Pierre insisted, “ has tools that he’s used to make sure we do this. We actually deal with the Immigration


