Psaki Literally Rewrites History With Biden Watch Controversy; Gets Caught

Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki circled back when caught
falsely claiming in a new book that President Joe Biden never checked
his watch during a ceremony for soldiers killed during the 2021 U.S.
withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Axios reported Psaki, now a host on MSNBC, wrote in "Say More" that
"the president looked at his watch only after the ceremony had ended.
Moments later, he and the First Lady headed toward their car."

She also claimed that Biden's critics engaged in "misinformation" and
used the image of Biden checking his watch to make "him appear
insensitive, concerned only about how much time had passed."

Psaki denied that Biden checked his watch despite photo evidence, media
fact-checks, and statements made by Gold Star parents of a U.S. service
member killed in the Kabul airport attack who were in attendance during
the ceremony at Dover Air Force Base.

        New: Psaki wrote in her new book Biden didn't check his watch
        during ceremony for the Abbey Gate soldiers l

        It was "misinformation," she wrote, contradicting news photos
        & the Gold Star families

        Psaki initially didnt comment but says it will be
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        -- Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) May 13, 2024

"I watched you disrespect us all 5 different times by checking your
watch!!! What the f*** was so important that you had to keep looking at
your watch????" said a Facebook post from Shana Chappell, mother of
Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui.

Mark Schmitz, father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, testified to
Congress that "while I stood there on the tarmac watching you check
your watch over and over again, all I wanted to do was shout out, 'It's
two f***ing thirty, a**hole.'"

Psaki's book also misattributed sentences taken from USA Today to The
Washington Post to point out that Biden looked at his watch after the
ceremony -- even though the article said elsewhere that Biden checked
his watch during the ceremony, too.

Axios received a statement from Psaki after its report was published,
saying that the "detail in a few lines of the book about the exact
number of times he looked at his watch will be removed in future
reprints and the ebook."

Psaki insisted her story was "really about the importance of delivering
feedback even when it is difficult told through my own experience of
telling President Biden that his own story of loss was not well
received by the families who were grieving their sons and daughters."

The book mishap drew blowback on social media.

"Jen Psaki lied in her book about an easily provable fact,"
RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan said in a post to
X.

In another post to X, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said, "Calling Gold Star
families liars -- even when there's photographic proof -- is a pathetic
partisan attempt to defend your boss and a bad look."



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