White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre pushed back on a series of recent videos of President Joe Biden as she called them “cheap fakes,” sparking Republican outrage across social media on Monday.
On Monday, Jean-Pierre was asked about a recent series of videos, which stemmed from Biden’s trip to France earlier this month, his visit to Italy last week and his stop at a fundraiser Saturday, that purportedly show Biden being guided off stage or standing motionless.
In response to those videos, Jean-Pierre pushed back and said they were being spread in “bad faith” as she referenced a Washington Post article that called the footage “cheap fake” videos.
“Ironically several cheap fakes actually attack the president for thanking troops, that is what they are attacking the president for. Both in Normandy this happened and again in Italy. I think it tells you everything that we need to know about how desperate Republicans are here. And instead of talking about the president’s performance in office, and what I mean by that is his legislative wins, what he’s been able to do for the American people across the country, we’re seeing these deep fakes, these manipulated videos. And it is, again, done in bad faith,” Jean-Pierre said.
The videos, which have been seen across social media, have continued to lead to criticisms and concerns regarding Biden’s age and health.
Biden and former president Donald Trump have clinched the nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, with each having won a majority of the state primary contests as they seek reelection this year. Polls have so far shown that the results will be tight as the pair are statistically tied in most surveys or hold only marginal leads.
