White House Press Secretary Trolled For Defending Biden-Harris Calling Term A 'Threat' | Watch

Washington: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced social media outrage after she ‘disgracefully’ countered a Fox News reporter who asked when will the current US President, Vice President and she stop calling Trump other than ‘Threat’. 

During a press briefing, a Fox News reporter asked Jean-Pierre, “how many more assassination attempts on Donald Trump until the President and Vice President and she pick a different word to describe the former President other than threat.”

Responding to the reporter’s question, Jean-Pierre said that she completely disagreed with the premise of his question calling the way he asked it “incredibly dangerous” adding Americans are watching.

However, the response of the White House Secretary didn’t go down well on social media as people objected the way she responded.

A user named moe.verma wrote, “So let me get this straight, they call Trump on the phone to make sure he's okay and wish him safety but then they go around telling the world right after his attack that he is a threat to democracy and he's dangerous. Does that make any sense."

Another user questioned, “why do they hold press conference, the questions are never answered.”

Harris lying over and over… hope this stops in November, wrote another user by the name @uniqueimageairbrish.

Another user said that the current US government is completely rogue.  

Assassination Attempts On Trump

Ahead of the US Presidential Elections, there have been two assassination attempts on Donald Trump . The Republican Presidential candidate was shot at during a poll rally last month while a possible suspect was held from a golf course who was adding for over 12 hours.

Post these events, the former US President Donald Trump made his first public appearance since Sunday's second apparent assassination attempt against him with an overflow crowd chanting “God bless Trump!” and “Fight, Fight, Fight” as US Secret Service agents surrounded the stage to protect the Republican presidential nominee.

“It's been a great experience,” Trump said in an evening town hall in Flint, Michigan, about holding events with thousands of supporters. But he also went on to call running for president “a dangerous business” akin to car racing or bull riding.

“Only consequential presidents get shot at," he said.

Earlier in the day, Vice President Kamala Harris struck a measured tone, even steering clear of mentioning Trump by name in an interview with Black journalists that starkly contrasted with the former president's own highly contentious appearance before the same group.

The two candidates briefly put their differences aside in a phone call Trump described as “very, very nice” even as crowds booed when he mentioned Harris by her first name.

With inputs from AP