Having said already that Jen Psaki should resign her job as White House press secretary after allegedly accepting a job offer to work as a commentator for MSNBC, I feel a need to give her a thumbs-up for the job she has done speaking for the Biden administration.
She has performed admirably. The juxtaposition of the job she has done compared to jobs done by the four people who preceded her in the previous administration prove my point.
You had Sean Spicer, whose first press briefing was devoted to blasting the media for its reporting of the crowd that attended Donald Trump’s inaugural in January 2017; it went downhill from there. Then you had Sarah Sanders, who would later admit to telling lies to the press. Then came Stephanie Grisham, who left her job in first lady Melania Trump’s press office only to never conduct a press briefing while serving as flack for the POTUS. Finally, there was Kayleigh McEnany, who blathered, blustered and lied her way before the media all the way to the end of Trump’s term in office.
Jen Psaki became press secretary for President Biden, and to my way of thinking, she has conducted herself with professionalism and resolve, particularly in the face of strong questioning from the media representatives before whom she stood in the White House press briefing room.
Speaking for a presidential administration is among the most challenging jobs one can imagine. They occasionally have to “clarify” statements that presidents make. At times they have to defend the indefensible; some of them do it admirably while others, well … don’t. They all — whether they work for Democrats or Republicans — face hostile questions. They have to maintain their composure.
Jen Psaki has managed to accomplish virtually all those goals during her time in the press room hot house.