Karine Jean-Pierre was hired because of her intersectional credibility, because that is all that matters to the Biden administration.

How many boxes did Jean-Pierre check? She’s a woman of color! She’s an immigrant! She’s a lesbian! It was like hitting the proverbial jackpot of Venn diagrams (we see you, Kamala Harris), and as a result, Karine Jean-Pierre has, shall we say, an inflated belief in herself and her skill set.

“I’m a historic figure." – @PressSec pic.twitter.com/808x7gQ3nr

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 18, 2023

It’s amazing that she can still get through the metal detectors at the White House with the size of that ego. Regardless, we are stuck with KJP because of her indispensible intersectionality, not her mad communication skillz. This was very evident yesterday, as Ms. Historic had problems answering actual questions from the media.

These White House pressers have become largely performative because an overwhelming majority of the reporters in the room will unhesitatingly vote for Joe Biden and cover up anything that would remotely hurt his chances of being re-elected. However, it seems that even the mainstream press is getting nervous when it comes to Joe Biden. The Associated Press ran a word association survey for both Trump and Biden. The two words that came up for Trump were “corrupt” and “dishonest,” and the two words that were associated with Biden were “old” and “confused.” The AP reporter, Chris Megerian, asked Karine Jean-Pierre about the perception of Biden as old – and about the fact that Joe was just seen with his personal doctor.

After referencing the poll, Megerian asked if the White House has additional plans to “demonstrate” that Biden can continue to do the job at his advanced age and assuage voter concerns.

“Look, I appreciate the question. I get it often, as you know,” Jean-Pierre responded. “What I would say and I’ve said this many times and many of my colleagues have said this, the president says this. If you watch him, if you’ve seen what he’s done in the last two years, this is a president who has had a historic administration in just two years.”

She then pointed to job creation, the economy, The Inflation Reduction Act, The Chips and Science Act, and the PACT Act as examples of how Biden has competently commanded U.S. leadership.

“In many ways, this president has been able to do things that is going to change how American families move forward, whether it is with the economy, whether it’s healthcare, whether it is trying to make sure that you’re able to do for their family, for their kids—that is important,” she added. “And so that’s we will happily, we are happy to discuss as it relates to age, what the president has been able to do and how he’s been able to deliver.”

The people of Maui say “no comment.” And Donald Trump has the right of it when he said to Tucker Carlson that Joe Biden “looks like he’s walking on toothpicks.” Biden looks like what he is – an elderly, shuffling old man who is falling asleep at the wrong times and just one bad fall away from breaking a hip. But Karine Jean-Pierre is gamely trying to pivot to the administration being able to run the country (badly), despite the old man at the top not having a lot of brain cells left to rub together.

And thanks to Joe Biden being on vacation and Congress being closed for summer vacation, there hasn’t been a press conference in a couple of weeks. Karine Jean-Pierre was clearly out of practice, and it showed when Peter Doocy started asking questions. She was caught completely flat-footed on a softball question about the comments by the Biden administration’s alcohol czar (we have an alcohol czar???) regarding the amount of beer that Americans should be drinking or not drinking. Apparently Dr. George Koob wants to follow Canada’s guidelines and set new guidelines of two drinks a WEEK. Jean-Pierre dodged, leaving the question to “the experts,” while the rest of the White House comms shop quietly placed another order for vodka, because working in the Biden White House means day drinking after cleaning up after the Big Guy.

But now we have established that KJP isn’t going to answer the easy questions, so any questions about Hunter Biden? Ms. Historic is going to just channel her inner Sgt. Schultz and know nothing.

WOW: Karine Jean-Pierre REFUSES to answer ANY questions about concerns regarding Hunter Biden selling access to the White House. pic.twitter.com/QATcPKeeQR

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 28, 2023

How convenient that Hunter Biden, who pleaded poverty to reduce his child support payments by three-fourths, can now afford a new $15,800 a month rental place in Malibu – which also means that the Secret Service is having to rent a place in the same neighborhood for $16,000 a month on the taxpayer dime. Has Lunden Roberts even seen one of Hunter’s promised paintings yet? Clearly, it’s time to sell one of those suckers on the open market – as in, not to potential Biden donors – and collect on that market value! After all, if Hunter can afford this kind of rent on his art, then little Navy Joan should be getting her college fund padded immediately! That still doesn’t explain who will end up paying for the Secret Service digs, and the optics mean that Karine Jean-Pierre just wants none of this.

But it didn’t matter, because KJP just dodged one question to run straight into a knockout punch. This was really the very next question that got asked after Jean-Pierre got done not answering Peter Doocy.

VOA's Anita Powell: "Happy First Day of School."

KJP: "Happy First Day of School."

Powell: "But, seriously, what is the message that the administration has for the millions of girls in Afghanistan who can't go to the school b/c the Taliban won't let them?"

KJP: *LONG… pic.twitter.com/fkPqpT5lUb

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 28, 2023

Here is the way the official White House transcript recorded this exchange.

Q: But seriously, what is the message that the administration has for the millions of girls in Afghanistan who can’t go to school because the Taliban won’t let them?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, the President has always been very clear about the importance of girls — not just here in America but globally — being able to — to live freely and be able to go to school and get the education.”

And so — and we have been very clear in laying out our concerns, such as girls’ education, with the Taliban. We have been consistent with that. We’ve been very clear of that. And so, we also remain laser-focused on trying to support and assist the Afghan people without bolstering the Taliban.”

And so, that’s something that we’re going to continue to do. That’s something that the President is going to continue to be clear about — not just him but his administration. And so, that doesn’t end today or — or — and two years ago. That certainly will continue throughout his administration.”

Q: Do you have a message for the girls themselves, I guess?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, look, we have — this is — this is a president, this is an administration that certainly supports girls being educated — again, not just here but also in Afghanistan. We are going to make that very clear as we — as we consistently assess our relationship and approach — right? — with the Taliban.”

That — that is going to continue. And we’re going to assist — we’re going to assist the Afghanistan — Afghan people as much as we can — right? — without bolstering the Taliban. And that has been our commitment — our commitment — not just the last two years, certainly, for the past few decades.”

Such clarity, such commitment, much wow. Ms. Historic certainly did a bang-up job with that answer, didn’t she? It’s almost unfair that she got slapped right across the face with Biden’s Afghanistan disaster – oh wait, no it’s not. You choose to shill for the Big Guy, you take the ride. And then you can start drinking AFTER you get back to your office. Two drinks a week? Karine Jean-Pierre won’t be able to cope with her job if that’s all she can drink. However, Hunter probably has a stash in the White House, so the comms shop might be okay.

Ms. Historic sure is historically bad at her job, isn’t she?

Featured image: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, cropped, government work in the public domain