Karine Jean-Pierre Shut Out Fox’s Peter Doocy: Here’s What He Would Have Asked

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not shed much light on the still-unfolding situation regarding the classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s possession — and while she stone-walled reporters on the subject during Friday’s briefing, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy later revealed what he would have asked.

Doocy spoke with “America Reports” anchor John Roberts during Friday’s broadcast, and Roberts casually brought up the fact that Jean-Pierre had “passed [him] over” and hadn’t given any straight answers regarding the classified documents.

“She passed you over today,” Roberts remarked.

“Ah — I don’t know why,” Doocy shrugged, smiling, but then he went on to reveal to Roberts the question he had been planning to ask — especially in light of the news that Biden planned to leave Washington, D.C., and spend the weekend at his home in Wilmington, Delaware.

“If I would’ve had an opportunity to ask a question, the first one I have on my sheet was: Why is President Biden going to Wilmington today, isn’t that a potential crime scene?” Doocy asked.

Doocy went on to say that the White House was not offering much in the way of new information, adding that the only clear statements coming from the administration on the classified documents issue — which he said had reached the level of “scandal” — were that they “take it seriously” and they “are going to cooperate.”

The Fox News correspondent did get a direct response from Biden on Thursday, just after news broke that classified documents had been discovered in his garage.

“Classified material next to your Corvette? What were you thinking?” Doocy asked.

“Let me, I’m going to get a chance to speak on all this, God willing soon, but as I said earlier this week, people and, by the way my Corvette’s in a locked garage, OK? So it’s not like they’re sitting out in the street,” Biden replied.

Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson noted later that Biden appeared to have been reading his responses from a cue card but went off-book when Doocy mentioned the Corvette. Noting that a “locked garage” was hardly the standard for classified material, Benson argued that Doocy’s question may have forced Biden into an admission he had not planned to make.

WATCH:

Our colleague @pdoocy cleverly planted a seed & induced a newsworthy answer — and an error — by the president today: pic.twitter.com/E7UTJI71fr

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 13, 2023

DeSantis Hammers NHL Over ‘Discriminatory’ Job Posting: ‘Not Welcome In The State Of Florida’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed the National Hockey League (NHL) in a statement Friday afternoon after the league posted what the state deemed to be a “discriminatory” job posting.

“The NHL is proud to announce its first-ever Pathway to Hockey Summit launching during our 2023 All Star festivities in South Florida!” the NHL said in the job posting on LinkedIn. “The Pathway to Hockey Summit is a career event for diverse job seekers who are pursuing careers in hockey. The day will be filled with guest speakers and panelists, networking opportunities, and more!”

The event takes place on February 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the deadline to register for it is today.

“If you are looking for your opportunity to meet with recruiters from the NHL League Office and at least 10 of our NHL teams, we welcome you to register,” the posting said. “Participants must be 18 years of age or older, based in the U.S., and identify as female, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, and/or a person with a disability. Veterans are also welcome and encouraged to attend.”

Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for the governor, responded to the news in a statement, saying that this type of discriminatory job posting will not be tolerated in the state of Florida and that the league needs to “immediately remove and denounce the discriminatory prohibitions it has imposed.”

“Discrimination of any sort is not welcome in the state of Florida, and we do not abide by the woke notion that discrimination should be overlooked if applied in a politically popular manner or against a politically unpopular demographic,” DeSantis’ office said in a statement. “We are fighting all discrimination in our schools and our workplaces, and we will fight it in publicly accessible places of meeting or activity.”

“We call upon the National Hockey League to immediately remove and denounce the discriminatory prohibitions it has imposed on attendance to the 2023 ‘Pathway to Hockey’ summit,” the statement continued.