Jen Psaki Singles Out Fox News For Being Putin Lovers

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Fox News journalists at the White House this week continued their tradition of asking ostensibly incisive questions that in reality seem designed to produce sound bites of Biden administration officials getting essentially caught off guard… and that’s pretty much it. At a Friday press conference, Biden administration press secretary Jen Psaki ended up feeling as though she had to remind Fox correspondent Jacqui Heinrich and anyone else who needed to hear it that it’s Russian forces who have invaded Ukraine rather than Ukrainian forces who’ve invaded Russia — meaning that weapons provided to Ukraine by the U.S. and others could easily be classified as for defensive purposes. Heinrich had asked about prior descriptions from Psaki of the difference between defensive and offensive weapons, inquiring about how the press secretary would characterize armed drones that the U.S. is sending to Ukrainian personnel.

Any notion, of course, that Ukrainians are the aggressors in the war that is currently unfolding on their land directly supports the Putin government’s rhetoric. Heinrich asked, “A couple of days ago, you described Javelins and Stingers as defensive weapons and MiGs and planes as offensive weapons. So how do we classify the armed drones that we’re sending?” — seemingly suggesting that the drones could potentially fall into the offensive category. Psaki pointedly replied as follows:

‘I would remind everybody that Russia is invading Ukraine, not the other way around. Ukraine is not invading Russia. They are not going into a foreign country and invading that country. And what we’re sending to Ukraine is security assistance — all of it. And weapons that they are effectively using to defend their country against Russian aggression.’

Watch Psaki below:

The Biden administration recently announced $800 million worth of additional security assistance for Ukraine, bringing the value of new U.S. security assistance announced for Ukraine in just a single week to $1 billion, in addition to the other help for the country that the U.S. has provided. The security assistance includes transfers of equipment from the Defense Department; according to a recent White House explanation, the $800 million in aid included “800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems; 2,000 Javelin, 1,000 light anti-armor weapons, and 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor systems; 100 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems; 100 grenade launchers, 5,000 rifles, 1,000 pistols, 400 machine guns, and 400 shotguns; Over 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenade launcher and mortar rounds; 25,000 sets of body armor; and 25,000 helmets.”

In rolling out that aid, President Joe Biden commented, in part: “The world is united in our support for Ukraine and our determination to make Putin pay a very heavy price. America is leading this effort, together with our allies and partners providing enormous levels of security and humanitarian assistance that we’re adding to today, and we’re going to continue to do more in the days and weeks ahead… What’s at stake here are the principles that the United States and the united nations across the world stand for. It’s about freedom. It’s about the right of people to determine their own future. It’s about making sure Ukraine never, will never be a victory for Putin, no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield.”



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