Simon Ateba is an absolute international treasure who should be protected at all costs. All he wants — all he’s wanted for years at this point — is the chance to ask a single question, first of Jen Psaki and later of her replacement, admitted diversity hire Karine Jean-Pierre.
It all started so well from a celebration-of-diversity perspective, as KJP kicked the proceedings off by dedicating the new press briefing lectern to the “first two black women in the White House press corps.”
Then a black man, press correspondent Simon Ateba, totally ruined it. Not cool!
When Ateba pressed KJP and the Pentagon propagandist John Kirby — whom they bring out almost daily to accompany KJP because she isn’t competent to answer sensitive national security questions — on why they would discuss African issues without calling on an African reporter, KJP did her best substitute teacher/frazzled-suburban-mom-in-a-minivan routine: “we’ll turn this car around right this instant!”
Via Mediate (emphasis added):
The White House’s press briefing came to an abrupt end on Thursday when Simon Ateba once again interrupted his fellow reporters and caused a…
Read the full article here