White House press secretary Jen Psaki was pressed Friday on U. N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s claim that “white supremacy” is “weaved” into the U.S. founding documents.
Psaki seemingly defended Thomas-Greenfield’s remarks during the daily White House press briefing when Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson asked if she would be removed from her position as U. N. Ambassador for what she claimed was “parroting Chinese Communist Party talking points.”
Robinson began by asking Psaki about Thomas-Greenfield’s comments, which the U. N. Ambassador made Wednesday while speaking to Al Sharpton’s activist group National Action Network (NAN). “I have seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles,” Greenfield said to the group.
Robinson said she believed the statement was being “widely criticized” for “essentially parroting Chinese Communist Party talking points.” She then asked if President Joe Biden intended to remove her from her position.
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