Psaki fielded several questions regarding the matter during Thursday’s press briefing, where she announced she’d be leaving her post on May 13.
“Peaceful protest is not extreme,” she explained to Fox News’s Peter Doocy. “I think our view here is that peaceful protest. There’s a long history in the United States, in the country, and we certainly encourage people to keep it peaceful and not resort to any level of violence.”
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Doocy repeatedly pushed Psaki on whether protesters should keep their protests limited to the grounds around the Supreme Court and not “to go into residential neighborhoods in Virginia and Maryland,” as some organizers have publicly announced.
He insisted that activists had published a map of the Washington metropolitan area “with the home addresses of the Supreme Court Justices”. He questioned if that is “the kind of thing this President wants to help your side make their point.”
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“I think the President’s view is that there’s a lot of passion, fear, and sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document,” Psaki replied. “We obviously want people’s privacy to be respected. We want people to protest peacefully if they want to protest. That is certainly what the President’s view would be.”
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“I don’t have an official U.S. government position on where people protest. I want it to be peaceful, and certainly, the President would want people’s privacy to be respected, but I think we shouldn’t lose the point here,” she went on. “The reason people are protesting is that women across the country are worried about their fundamental rights that have been law for 50 years — their rights to make choices about their own bodies and their own healthcare are at risk. That’s why people are protesting. They’re unhappy. They’re scared.”
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Meanwhile, President Joe Biden declared on Thursday that Karine Jean-Pierre would succeed Jen Psaki as the White House press secretary.
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Biden praised Jean-Pierre’s statement and emphasized her experience serving as the principal deputy press secretary, Psaki’s No. 2. Psaki is supposed to depart her post at the White House on May 13.
“I am proud to announce that Karine Jean-Pierre will serve as the next White House Press Secretary,” the President said. “Karine not only brings the experience, talent, and integrity needed for this difficult job, but she will continue to lead the way in communicating about the work of the Biden-Harris Administration on behalf of the American people.”