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White House refuses to say if Biden pressed China’s Xi on COVID origins
“So, on the only origins of COVID — the two presidents did discuss the health security and transparency is a key part of that,” Jean-Pierre replied, side-stepping whether COVID-19 origi…
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WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday repeatedly declined to say if President Biden pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping during a 137-minute phone call to cooperate with international efforts to determine the origins of COVID-19.
Jean-Pierre said that Biden and Xi discussed “health security” in their morning call, but dodged reporter efforts to clarify whether Biden specifically mentioned the origins of the pandemic.
“On the phone today, did President Biden ask President Xi anything about getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID?” Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre at the daily White House briefing.
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What difference does it make to figure out the actual origin of a virus? Are we ready to nuke China & destroy ourselves? Give it a rest, Doocy.