Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Friday questioned journalist Mark Halperin’s “garbage” slur of President Joe Biden after the White House Press Office dismissed claims of official stenographers falsifying documents. It was reported that he justified it, and then frowned.

Biden on Tuesday referenced a “trash” joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a rally for former President Donald Trump, adding, “The only trash floating around is his supporters.” The White House later released a document that changed “supporters” to “supporters” and claimed that Biden was addressing only Hinchcliffe, not Trump supporters. Spicer criticized the move:morning meeting”, but Halperin insisted that Biden’s statement was “open to interpretation.” (Related: ‘Nervous’: Feeling of anxiety continues among Harris Rally crowd)

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“I get a lot of crap from some people saying, ‘Oh my God, you lied, da da da da.’ I never told the White House stenographer to do that. I mean. , they went out and said this was a grammatical error and forced the stenographer to change the record,” Spicer said. “You know, for all the crap that I and President Trump’s people received, they turned to the stenographer and said this is different. My job is to write what he says. It used to be called a lie.

A White House stenographer recorded in the official record that Biden said “supporter,” but the press office released a revised transcript after “consulting with the president.” According to Internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. When the chief stenographer learned of this amendment, officials wrote that it was a “violation of protocol and violation of the integrity of the record between the stenographer’s office and the news bureau.”

“If there is a difference in interpretation, news stations may choose to withhold records, but they cannot independently edit them,” the inspector general wrote, adding: Edited by newsroom staff and differs from the version made available to the public. ”

However, Halperin defended the move.

“I dispute this… So there’s this sacred concept that you shouldn’t mess with stenographers, that politicians shouldn’t tell stenographers what to write. But the president… At least he stands up for what he said and what he meant,” the journalist said. “And there are political issues in the White House, and what they want to say is, ‘We talked to the man, this is what he meant.’ That’s what he meant. It’s not unbelievable. It’s not what he said, but it’s not what he meant.”

“But that’s not the stenographer’s job. It’s not to interpret you, it’s to write what you said,” Spicer replied. “You can’t go back to court and say, ‘Sir, this is what I meant to say.’ They have stenographers for a reason.”

Mr. Halperin disagreed, saying, “It’s natural to do that because it’s open to interpretation.” Sean, I can’t hear the apostrophe. I can’t hear the apostrophe, Sean. You can’t. I don’t know if the apostrophe was spoken or not. That’s not the case. I can’t hear you. ”

Spicer then rested his face in his palms.

“I’ll leave it at that. I wish you guys were around when I was press secretary,” he said. “So this is what he wanted to say, this idea of ​​what he wanted to say: I was evil and it was horrible…I don’t want to dwell on it.”

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