In Tense Exchange, Reporter Asks Karine Jean-Pierre If White House Is ‘Hiding Information About the President’s Health’

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dealt with the fallout from President Joe Biden’s CNN debate performance on Tuesday with one reporter flat out asking if anyone is “hiding” information about the president’s health.

Some Democrats have argued in favor of replacing 81-year-old Biden since his showing with Donald Trump , and Tuesday’s White House press conference included plenty of questions about the president’s health.

Jean-Pierre said the president had a “cold” during the debate. Asked if he took any medication that could have altered his performance, she would only say he was not taking any “cold medicine.”

“Is anyone in the White House hiding information about the president’s health or his ability to do the job day to day?” NBC News reporter Kelly O’Donnell asked Jean-Pierre.

“Absolutely not,” the press secretary said.

“Given the fact that it’s more than a bad night when his political future is threatened, would he be willing to provide more medical information? Would he be willing to have Dr. O’Connor provide more to answer these questions?” O’Donnell asked before being dubbed “Kelly O” by Jean-Pierre.

“Kelly O, I certainly understand the question, I appreciate the question, but what we have provided has been very transparent,” she said.

O’Donnell noted the last major health update came in February .

“It wasn’t too long ago. It was indeed this year,” Jean-Pierre countered.

O’Donnell raised alarm about the fact that Biden hasn’t given live interviews since the debate. On Tuesday, it was announced he’ll be conducting his first TV interview since the debate with George Stephanopoulos .

“We’ve now gone several days where he has only done teleprompter comments, he’s not taken questions, I know you’ve announced a press conference, I appreciate that, and an interview, we appreciate that but there is a period of time here where the public is trying to understand what happened and the president could help to answer that by engaging with us in an unscripted way right now,” O’Donnell said.

Jean-Pierre pushed back, noting the president joined supporters immediately after the debate and he’s campaigned in four states since.

“In those two and half days or so after the debate, he went to four states and engaged with supporters, engaged with American people, everyday people, heard directly from them, and let’s not forget when we landed in North Carolina, I think it was like 2 a.m. in the morning, he engaged with supporters there as well so the president has been out there, he’s been listening to supporters. It’s something that he loves to do,” she said.

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