Jean-Pierre: Tomorrow, the House will markup the GOP tax scam 2.0, which they released on Friday.

Kirby [White House press conference]: We were as forthcoming as we should have been at the time the first stories appeared [Cuba/China spy base]. The sensitive nature of this information is such that we just simply couldn't go into more detail, even before the first story appeared, to try to better inform that reporting, That's how sensitive this stuff is.

[so they lied directly to the American people]

Reporter: A counter-offensive is underway in Ukraine…they appear to be taking heavy losses, including US-provided equipment. What is the US assessment of this counter-offensive is thus far?

Kirby: We're gonna refrain from providing an armchair assessment of this offensive.

[because Ukraine is being soundly defeated]

Kirby: Whenever this war ends, however it ends, NATO is going to be different. For one thing, it's going to be larger.

[NATO is on it's last legs and will cease to exist in the coming years]

Kirby: It's our assessment that the previous administration would have access to the same intelligence that we did. [Cuba/China spy base]

Kirby: At some point, this war is going to end…Ukraine is still going to have legitimate security needs…we're having active conversations with Ukraine right now about what that long-term defense environment looks like; what their long-term defense capabilities need to be.

Reporter: Is there any more information you can give on why [Biden] needed the root canal? Is he not brushing his teeth or does he need to floss better?

kek

Jean-Pierre: [Biden] is restoring the integrity of the Department of Justice.

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