Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy sparked a heated debate during a Monday briefing where he accused White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of spreading “misinformation.”
Doocy questioned why President Joe Biden’s administration could send the funds to North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helen while it is still waiting for Congressional approval to send the funds to North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helen. presented. send $157 million to Lebanon while Congress was in session. Jean-Pierre said Doocy’s framing of the question was “misinformation” and set the two sides at odds.
“But President Biden likes to say, ‘Show me your budget and tell me what you value.'” If he has money for the Lebanese people, what does that say about his values? Right now, there is not enough money for people in North Carolina who need it,” Doocy said. “That’s not a false alarm.”
“No, that’s right. The whole premise of your question is misinformation, sir,” the spokesperson said.
“Excuse me?” Doocy pushed back.
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The spokesperson said the administration has provided more than $200 million in aid to those affected in North Carolina and argued that it is Congress’s duty to allocate funds for disaster relief. He said the administration is currently awaiting approval from Congress to make additional funding available to affected residents in the area. (Related: FOX News host slams reporter for not asking Biden about hurricane victims during press conference)
“You can’t call a question you don’t like misinformation,” Doocy said during his press response. “That’s strange.”
“I actually said there is money to help the survivors of Hurricane Helen and Hurricane Milton. We don’t know how much damage Hurricane Milton will cause, so it’s going to be a short fall. . That will require additional funding,” Jean-Pierre said, to which Doocy replied that he had already asked about it. .
Jean-Pierre passionately told Doocy that his real question was “why does Congress need to come back and do its job?”
Biden called on Congress to meet on Friday and approve additional funding for hurricane relief. letter. House Speaker Mike Johnson said there was no need for Congress to come back from recess, but assured him that he had allocated an additional $20 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency just before Hurricane Helen made landfall.
The death toll from Hurricane Helen rose to 227 on Saturday as authorities recovered more bodies in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, according to the Associated Press. reported.
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