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Jay Carney Snaps at ABC News Reporter Who Called Him Out Over Boehner Comments: ‘That’s Not What He Said’
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
snapped at another reporter on Monday, this time at ABC News reporter
Jonathan Karl, who called him out over his interpretation of comments
made by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
The exchange was sparked by a question from Reuters’ Mark Felsenthal. He asked: “Speaker Boehner said this
weekend that there would be no increase in the debt limit without
concessions from the President. Can you comment on that?”
“Contradicting a host of times when he
himself said we would never default, Republican leaders in the House and
Senate have long said that they would never allow us to default. Now we
see the leader of the Republican Party on Capitol Hill saying he will
not raise the debt ceiling if Republicans do not get what they want,”
Carney said.
He went on: “That is highly reckless
and irresponsible. It is astounding, really, if you think about it. On
October 7, given how little time there is left, that the Speaker of the
House is announcing to the world he will not allow a bill to raise the
debt ceiling to pass if Republicans do not get their specific demands–”
Carney’s response prompted Karl to interrupt.
“That’s not what he’s saying, Jay, he’s saying it’s negotiable,” Karl said.
“Hey, Jon, I am having a conversation
here. I’m sure you’ll represent what the Speaker is saying in a minute,”
Carney snapped back.
“Very funny, but that’s not what he said,” Karl repeated, not looking amused.
Carney went on to explain that the
White House’s official position is that the debt ceiling is “too
important to demand political concessions in return for fulfilling the
responsibility by Congress to ensure we pay our debts and do not
default.”
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