Here’s news from our parent site, Townhall. On Fox News Friday, host Chris Wallace, who famously moderated the first debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, weighed in on an exchange between Fox’s Peter Doocy and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, calling Psaki “one of the best press secretaries ever.”
Fox News' Chris Wallace: Jen Psaki is 'One of the Best Press Secretaries Ever'
https://t.co/cQ3K47kjRO— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 23, 2021
Landon Mion reports:
After Biden said during Thursday night’s CNN town hall that he had previously visited the southern border, Doocey pressed Psaki during a press briefing Friday on the validity of such statements.
“Thereโs been reporting that he did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008,” Psaki replied.
Wallace, a registered Democrat, then offered high praise to the press secretary for her response during an appearance on Fox News’ “America Reports.”
“Honestly, as somebody whoโs spent six years in the White House, my immediate reaction was, ‘Those are two people at the top of their game.’ … I think that [Doocy] has become the Sam Donaldson of this White House press corps … and Jen Psaki, I think, is one of the best press secretaries ever,” Wallace said Friday.
Her response, “Thereโs been reporting that he did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008,” makes her great at her job? We guess it depends on what you think the press secretary’s job is; when it comes to cleaning up Biden’s gaffes, we’d say she’s so-so.
Chris Wallace: "Jen Psaki is one of the best press secretaries ever"
TURN OFF FOX NEWS. pic.twitter.com/QJIqSvGYfY
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) October 22, 2021
— jessgifford (@Jessgifford) October 23, 2021
๐๐๐coming from one of the best debate moderators ๐๐๐sarcasm implied
— lkp (@HCLphy) October 23, 2021
— ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (@BigTStaples) October 23, 2021
And he bases that upon?
— Bob E. (@ewalr1) October 23, 2021
— Jon-Paul LeClair (@CaptainBetty) October 23, 2021
Oh please! pic.twitter.com/rLJMrYGxkV
— Eulaky (@uvgot2bkiddin1) October 23, 2021
And to think that Wallace was at one time highly believed by most viewers.
— Clinton Grant (@utvolfl) October 23, 2021
— Jim Dozier (@jld3) October 23, 2021
— JDGarrett (@JDGarre44) October 23, 2021
When every policy is an almost literal s#!tstorm, she had to be!
But she still ain't.
— Byron Rivers (@BeeJiggity) October 23, 2021
— Shianne Huston ๐บ๐ธ (@wysassygirl) October 23, 2021
No wonder I stopped watching Wallace.
— Deanna Irwin (@deannamirwin) October 23, 2021
— Jack Miller (@MrJacksWorld) October 23, 2021
He also said Joe Biden is one of the best presidents he has ever seen.
— Karolina (@SweetRuakh) October 23, 2021
On Jan. 20, Wallace said he’d just witnessed “the best inaugural address I have ever heard.”
If you like lying.
— FVB (@fvbirder) October 23, 2021
๐คฎ๐คฎ๐คฎbest at totally denying everything
— Gran lance (@granlance1) October 23, 2021
It’s a fair point:
As a press secretary, your job is to explain away foul ups, blunders and general ineptitude. Psaki has had more practice than any previous press secretary in recent memory and has become proficient at making stupidity and weakness seem almost normal.
— Steve Linderman (@LindermanSteve) October 23, 2021
If it weren’t for Doocy and the undeniability of Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan bug-out, she wouldn’t even have to do that. Without Doocy she’d just be having the Easter bunny bring in cookies for the press corps.
Related:
โJim Crow Delaware certainly does โฆโ Matt Whitlock calls Chris Wallace OUT for REPEATEDLY misrepresenting GA voting bill https://t.co/dfZbcGWovH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 28, 2021