Watch: KJP Scolds Reporters for Criticizing How She Answers Their Questions

Self-proclaimed historic figure and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is taking umbrage with reporters criticizing how she answered their questions.

After a contentious exchange during a press briefing on Monday, Jean-Pierre scolded reporters for complaining about how she handled their inquiries.

“I just want to take a step back for a second. Because I do take offense to what alluded to,” the press secretary said. “I come out here every day there’s a press briefing. And we do our best to give you the information that we have at the time. That’s what we do. And we understand that freedom of the press, we respect the freedom of the press. You heard me talk about this last week. I appreciate the back and forth that we all have. I try to respect you, and I hope you try to respect me,”

Jean-Pierre continued:

“And we literally do everything that we can, My team does everything that we can to make sure we get the answers to you. That’s what we do. And sometimes we disagree. Sometimes we are not in agreement. But you know what? That’s democracy. That is what is important to have that healthy back and forth. And so to say that I’m holding information or allude to anything else is really, really unfair.”

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She added, “I think people who are watching and have been watching this briefing for this past week could say that we are doing our best in this briefing to provide the information that we have, and I will admit, I will be the first one to admit, sometimes I get it wrong. At least, I admit that. At least, I admit that. And sometimes I don’t have the information. And I will always, always admit that. But I do take offense to what was just happening at the beginning of this briefing, it’s not OK.”