Yesterday, Jay Carney was asked about an American Enterprise Institute study which found that women working at the White House earn on average 88 cents for every dollar that men earn:
Apparently Barack Obama forget to practice what he preaches, but Carney tried his best to justify women receiving less pay than men in WH.
— George Rudolph (@thenewnarrative) April 8, 2014
Jay Carney stammers to explain why Obama White House pays women less than men. http://t.co/VZjdgUVmxO ht @alcivar @KAndersonDC
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 8, 2014
Transcript:
CNN correspondent: Press secretary Jay Carney was asked about it, he didn’t deny it. So basically yes, this is happening over here at the White House as well, although the White House says look, the president has many top senior advisers who are women. The national security adviser, Susan Rice, to the senior political adviser to the president, Valerie Jarrett. Here is how Jay Carney answered the question when he was asked about this yesterday.
Carney: I think that those studies look at, uh, the aggregate of everyone on staff. And that includes some of the most junior levels to the most senior. What I can tell you is that we have, as an institution here, have aggressively addressed this challenge. And obviously, though, at the end of the [inaudible] 88 cents that you cite, that is not 100, but it is better than the national average.
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That’s it? That’s the best he’s got?
Asked abt # Obama's push for equal pay for women when WH doesn't pay equally @PressSec Carney said: It's not 100% but better than nat'l avg!
— Heather M. Murphy (@HeatherMMurphy) April 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/AFutureFree/status/453504951902162944
LOL! Jay Carney uses Common Core Math when talking about pay disparity in WH saying: '88 is not 100'. #tcot #ChangeCourse #TGDN
— Sara Goodman (@Isaragoodman) April 8, 2014
CNN host Carol Costello’s response? “Come on! Really?” Her colleague John King wasn’t impressed, either:
VIDEO: CNN: W.H. Equal Pay Rhetoric A "Textbook Case" Of "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" http://t.co/TMqryB8Xkg
— Kris Anderson (@KAndersonDC) April 8, 2014
Transcript:
King: Let’s start with the White House. The president today will sign a couple of executive orders to advance the cause of equal pay for women. Let’s call this a textbook case, Margaret, of “do as I say, not as I do.”
Ouch! If even CNN isn’t buying what Carney is selling, the White House has a big problem.
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Update:
Hoo boy:
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/453569561090994177
#AwkwardTurtle RT @KAndersonDC: Probably not the chyron President Obama was hoping for today pic.twitter.com/6c27eaB1yN
— Sarah Isgur (@whignewtons) April 8, 2014
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