Fox News White House correspondent Steve Doocy has once again proven he's no match for White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
Doocy asked about the appointment of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, citing her previous support for diverting funds from police departments to other investments in public safety.
Because police departments are funded at the municipal level, the Attorney General's office only has the power to withhold grants to police departments across the country. At a Senate confirmation hearing, however, Gupta insisted she wasn't in favor of defunding the police.
During a Friday press briefing, Doocy read off Gupta's earlier quotes calling for "state and local leaders to heed calls from Black Lives Matter and Movement for Black Lives activists to decrease police budgets."
Watch below.
Psaki uses a Fox News report to respond to Doocypic.twitter.com/Ml1ucFWF9E— Acyn (@Acyn) 1625250230
Psaki responded by quoting an article from Doocy's own network, Fox, which said:
"Current and former police chiefs in more than 53 cities across the country, as well as the National Fraternal Order of Police, are issuing their support of the nomination of Vanita Gupta — President Biden's nominee for Associate Attorney General — praising her leadership and record and urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to 'quickly confirm her' to the post."
When Doocy countered that Gupta said at the hearing that she'd be in favor of decreasing police budgets, Psaki responded:
"She also made explicitly clear in her confirmation process that she opposes defunding the police, and the President, most importantly, did not run on defunding the police. He's always opposed defunding the police."
The exchange made waves across social media.
Poor puppy, he never learns.https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— Andrea R MD (@Andrea R MD) 1625250451
They call it a Psaki bomb because Jen will take reports from your network and throw them back into your lap.https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— Kaz Weida (@Kaz Weida) 1625254845
He just can\u2019t stop backing into the buzzsaw, can he?https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— Maria Gambrelli\u2728\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 \ud83d\udcab\ud83c\udf1f\u2728 (@Maria Gambrelli\u2728\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 \ud83d\udcab\ud83c\udf1f\u2728) 1625252605
Jen's DAMN good at thishttps://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— heather holloway (@heather holloway) 1625250679
It\u2019s almost like Peter Doocy gives Psaki the questions in advance.https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— Terence Begley (@Terence Begley) 1625250419
Will this guy EVER learn?https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— Jen (@Jen) 1625252172
Many identified with NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander's look.
we\u2019re all Peter Alexander right now https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/mNIhnRPU2j— SRM_MD (@SRM_MD) 1625250325
This glance on the right is called \u201cThe Doocy\u201d. All other journalists have perfected it and get to use it regularly.pic.twitter.com/d4oOmxAcY9— RollWithIt (@RollWithIt) 1625250565
Peter Alexander is all of ushttps://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1411027852951101443\u00a0\u2026— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle) 1625251742
We look forward to seeing what Doocy asks next.
