Jen Psaki mocks Trump WH's 'MAGA spin' in mock press briefing

[ad_1] MSNBC’s Jen Psaki appeared to mock White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt together with her personal spin as press secretary for the Trump administration throughout her present on Friday.

"I've seen the White House briefing room has taken a little bit of a bizarro flip currently. And I figured, what the hell, it’s a Friday evening. Why not mud off the cobwebs and area a couple of questions from the White Home press briefing room as we speak? As a result of it’s been some time. In fact, I’m going to reply them with out the same old MAGA spin," Psaki mentioned on "The Briefing."

The previous White Home press secretary used precise questions requested at Friday’s press briefing and gave what she believed have been correct responses in entrance of a faux briefing backdrop.

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One query included the New York Publish’s Washington correspondent, Steven Nelsen, asking about any particulars that might be shared about New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams ’ assembly with the president.

"Eric Adams is visiting as a result of he owes his present freedom to the man sitting within the White Home," Psaki mentioned. "Let’s cease pretending that is on the extent, like the place the connection is between a president and a New York Metropolis mayor simply coordinating metropolis enterprise in a traditional course of occasions. I imply, even the decide who allowed the case to be dropped mentioned that it, quote, smacks of a cut price."

Psaki closed with a query about why President Donald Trump selected to fireside the Librarian of Congress , suggesting racism might have performed an element in firing a Black lady.

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Psaki was the White Home press secretary in the course of the Biden administration. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)

"[W]hy did Trump abruptly fireplace Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, who has served in her place, I might be aware, since 2016 and was confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan help in a vote of 74 to 18? Psaki mentioned. "Properly, I’m going to make use of a visible support. Right here’s an image of her. I’ll allow you to draw your personal conclusions on why Trump and his administration determined to fireside Carla Hayden. Hope that was all clarifying."

Psaki took over MSNBC’s coveted 9 p.m. ET timeslot on Tuesday by Fridays this week together with her present "The Briefing." The present debuted with 1.2 million viewers and 139,000 within the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54, however her second episode on Wednesday plummeted to just over one million complete viewers and solely 65,000 within the demo.

Psaki's present "The Briefing" had a large rankings drop in its second episode. (Screenshot/Colbert)

MSNBC’s latest program shed a staggering 53% of its demo viewers in comparison with the primary episode solely someday prior. Psaki’s program additionally lost a whopping 67% of viewers between the ages of 18-49 after just one episode, as "The Briefing" averaged 113,000 on Tuesday and solely 37,000 on Wednesday.

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