Karine Jean-Pierre loses her cool she's grilled over Joe Biden warnings Donald Trump is a threat to democracy

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre snapped astatine reporters erstwhile asked to explicate wherefore Biden gave a calm and upbeat message of anticipation to Americans aft informing them for months that ideology would beryllium successful peril if Trump won. 

The president yesterday promised 'to guarantee a peaceful and orderly transition' to Donald Trump implicit the adjacent 2 months. He was cheerful and couldn't fell his smile. 

'We judge the prime the state made. I've said galore times, you can't emotion your state lone erstwhile you win,' helium said. You can't emotion your neighbour lone erstwhile you agree. Something I anticipation we tin do, nary substance who you voted for, you spot each different not arsenic adversaries, but arsenic chap Americans.'

It was a marked displacement from the stark warnings Democrats person repeated passim the campaign. 

But erstwhile asked to quadrate that shift, Jean-Pierre became flustered, biting backmost astatine Fox News newsman Jacquie Heinrich who she accused of 'twisting her words'. 

She tried to explicate that Biden simply respected the predetermination effect - with the veiled allusion to Trump's refusal to judge helium mislaid successful 2020.

'The American radical made the decision. There was an predetermination 2 nights ago... And it was a escaped and just election. And we respect the predetermination process,' she said.

'And Americans spoke. And truthful the occupation of the president is to marque definite we respect that. The occupation of the president is to marque definite that we person a peaceful transportation of power. That is what the American radical deserve.'

'The president wants to pb by example. It's not complicated. It truly isn't. And, you know, that's important.'

Jean-Pierre grew much frustrated erstwhile asked what Americans who were acrophobic of what Trump would do, based connected Biden and Kamala Harris' warnings, should deliberation astir the president's alteration successful tone.

'Well, present you're conscionable twisting everything around, and that's truly unfair... due to the fact that I've been lasting present trying to beryllium precise respectful to what happened... 2 nights ago,' she said.

'I've been lasting present saying that we respect the determination that the American radical made. I've been lasting present and saying that the president's going to enactment the American radical first.'

Jean-Pierre past mislaid her chill and accused sections of the property of twisting her words, earlier abruptly ending the Q&A.

'I bash not admit having my words twisted... I've been precise clear, very, very, precise wide astir what the president wants to do, and the vice president,' she said.

We privation to marque definite that we present for the American people. They merit a peaceful transportation of power. And that's what you're going to see.'  

Jean-Pierre was besides repeatedly asked if Biden regretted exiting the statesmanlike contention and if the president played immoderate relation successful Harris' defeat. 

She fumbled successful her responses and utilized 'uh' repeatedly arsenic she searched for answers. 

'President Biden believes that helium made the close determination erstwhile helium decided to measurement speech — uh — and — uh — instantly endorsed the vice president and you saw the enactment travel down her, enactment her, and helium believed it was the close happening for the American people,' she said.

'He enactment himself aside. This was not astir him. This is astir what was close for the American people, and that's what helium believes. He believes it was the close determination to make. He's precise incredibly proud.' 

Democrats are inactive reeling for Harris' nonaccomplishment to Trump, and the blasted crippled has begun astir who is astatine fault.

Harris aides are putting the blasted connected Biden for not doing capable to combat inflation, for his galore verbal fumbles and for not dropping retired of the contention sooner. He's being described arsenic the 81-year-old albatross hanging astir her neck.

Others blasted Harris herself: she didn't abstracted herself capable from Biden during the campaign, determination was infighting among her staff, she exaggerated her numbers, she didn't.

Jean-Pierre side-stepped immoderate questions astir whether Biden is to blasted oregon if helium had immoderate regrets astir exiting the statesmanlike race.

'The president understands that he's going to respect the volition of the people. That's what helium understands. He understands that the American radical made a determination and he's going to respect that,' she said.

And erstwhile she was asked if Biden has immoderate regrets, she said: 'The president is precise arrogant of what helium was capable to accomplish. 

'He was precise arrogant and erstwhile helium made that determination to manus implicit the torch — to manus implicit the torch, walk the torch to the Vice President, helium believed it was the close determination to marque astatine that time. 

'Uh — helium believed that she was ready. She was acceptable to pb connected time 1 and has been precise arrogant successful what he's been capable to deliver.' 

She repeatedly pointed retired Biden inactive has 74 days successful office. 

And she pushed backmost erstwhile asked astir Biden being blamed for the defeat.

'There's going to beryllium a batch of radical who are going to accidental a batch of things. There's going to beryllium predetermination experts who are going to look nether the hood successful the adjacent mates of days and weeks and months arsenic I've said already, and they're going to person their sentiment connected this race,' she said. 

Earlier Thursday, President Biden promised to enactment with Trump to unafraid a peaceful modulation and urged the state to travel unneurotic an arsenic helium broke his soundlessness connected the election.

'I volition bash my work arsenic president. I'll fulfill my oath, and I volition grant the Constitution. On January 20, we'll person a peaceful transportation of powerfulness present successful America,' Biden said. 

He did not sermon wherefore Harris whitethorn person lost. He besides didn't respond to shouted questions from reporters connected the race. 

The 81-year-old commander-in-chief, however, spoke with a grin from the White House Rose Garden connected Thursday day successful his first nationalist quality since Trump's landslide win successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday morning.

The outgoing president was noticeably much relaxed than helium had appeared amid the run arsenic helium told the federation to beryllium affirmative and judge the devastating results for Democrats, portion noting that Harris ran an 'inspiring campaign'.

Biden walked retired of the Oval Office to applause from a assemblage including furniture members, unit and his granddaughter Finnegan and jogged to the podium.

As helium wrapped up his remarks, helium blew a buss to the assemblage and insisted his medication should beryllium arrogant of its record. 

'I cognize it's a hard time. You're hurting. I perceive you and I spot you,' Biden said. 

'A state chooses 1 oregon the other. We judge the prime the state makes. 

'You can't emotion your state lone erstwhile you win. You can't emotion your neighbour lone erstwhile you agree, Biden said. 

'A decision does not mean we are defeated. We mislaid this battle. But we tin get backmost up' helium added. 

The president watched the results travel in with household and adjacent friends astatine the White House precocious connected Tuesday evening, sitting successful the residence arsenic Republicans took power of the White House and the Senate. 

Control of the House of Representatives has yet to beryllium determined. 

Biden called some Harris and Trump connected Wednesday. He's besides called Democrats who person won predetermination to the House and Senate. 

He congratulated Harris connected her historical campaign, and invited President-elect Trump to conscionable with him successful the White House.

He expressed his committedness to ensuring a creaseless modulation to power. 

But helium had his ain informing for the president-elect, telling him astir 'the value of moving to bring the state together.'

Biden volition be Trump's inauguration. White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre, earlier the election, said Biden would be it for whoever won the presidency.

It's present Biden's bequest connected the enactment arsenic the president bracketed by Trump's terms.

'Don't hide each that we accomplished,' helium said connected Thursday. 'It's been a historical presidency.'

He argued galore of this accomplishments - specified arsenic his infrastructure program - volition not beryllium felt by the nationalist for years.

He besides pushed backmost astatine elector choler astir the economy.

'We're leaving down the strongest system successful the world. I cognize radical are inactive hurting but things are changing rapidly,' helium said. 

He and his squad volition apt walk the 3 months starring up to Inauguration Day trying to enactment up arsenic galore arsenic their initiatives arsenic they tin - securing much backing for Ukraine, pushing for a ceasefire successful the Middle East, and doing what they tin to support national workers, who Trump has vowed to target.