Changed clip of Karine Jean-Pierre ignoring Hélène’s question.

Claim: Video shows Karine Jean-Pierre dodged question about storm aid to North Carolina

Instagram post dated October 24 (direct link, link to archive) shows Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy questioning White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about disaster relief efforts related to Hurricane Helene.

“The administration has money that can be sent to Lebanon without Congress coming back, but Congress has to come back to approve sending money to people in North Carolina,” Doocy says in the video. “Am I understanding correctly?”

The video then cuts to Jean-Pierre saying, “Thank you everyone,” before walking away from the lectern.

The on-screen text in the video reads: “When a journalist asks the right questions!”

The Instagram post was liked more than 400 times in six days. A similar post on Instagram since October 9, it has been liked more than 70,000 times.

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The video was fraudulently edited to remove Jean-Pierre’s response. Video of the full briefing shows her responding and then engaging in dialogue with Doocy.

Jean-Pierre did not ignore the question of storm assistance to North Carolina

The clip in the Instagram post is taken from Press briefing by Jean-Pierre at the White House on October 7less than two weeks after Hurricane Helen. came ashore in Florida, September 26. The storm carved a path of destruction across the southeast and brought devastating flooding in western North Carolina. As of October 30 North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 101 Helen-related deaths in the state.

But Jean-Pierre did not abruptly end the press briefing without answering Doocy’s question about storm relief for North Carolina, as the video in the post shows. The video was edited to mislead by cutting out the press secretary’s response and subsequent dialogue with a Fox News reporter.

Video of the full briefing from White House and C-SPAN Shaw Jean-Pierre defended the Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” response to the hurricane, saying hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster relief went to hurricane victims. Further, she said, in particular:

Fact checking: Video of White House briefing altered to show abrupt end

The conversation between Jean-Pierre and Doucy lasted more than two minutes, with Jean-Pierre stating that the administration will continue to urge Congress that planning to return from break in mid-November – “go back, do your job and provide additional assistance” related to Helen and Hurricane Milton, which has not yet hit.

In an article dated October 17 CBS News reports. on calls for lawmakers to return to Washington, D.C., to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Helen and Hurricane Milton. House Speaker Mike Johnson previously appeared on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” October 13.saying it would be “premature” to call lawmakers back before affected states have asked for assistance based on a better consideration of their needs. “It will take a long time to do these calculations, but Congress is ready to act, and we will,” Johnson said.

USA TODAY has refuted a number of allegations regarding similarly altered videos of Jean-Pierre’s press briefings, including videos edited to make it appear she was avoiding questions about 2024 elections, Biden Energy Policy And attempts on the life of former President Donald Trump.

USA TODAY reached out to Instagram users who shared the video for comment but did not immediately receive responses.

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