Given Wednesdays White House press briefing ran less than 40 minutes‚ its abbreviated state largely made it uneventful aside from a truly comical Doocy Time having left the ever-inept Karine Jean-Pierre even more incoherent than usual and‚ on the other end of the spectrum‚ taxpayer-funded National Public Radios (NPR) Asma Khalid pled for Israel to suffer consequences for its war against Hamas.Foxs Peter Doocy first question dealt with a little-discussed but important topic to national security: the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).[S]o‚ you guys started draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try and help with the Putin Price Hike a few years ago. Said You were going to refill it. But now it doesnt seem like thats happening. Why‚ he asked.Jean-Pierres stammering‚ stumbling answer was one for the ages:Well‚ from I believe the Department of Energy is is responsible for for that particular component is refilling refilling that‚ so I would refer to the Department of Energy. I know there are certain components to that and how they were going to move forward and refilling refilling it. Uh I they would have had more specifics on that for you.Doocys remaining time focused on the Biden border crisis‚ starting with this query that left Jean-Pierre playing dumb and asking for more information: And why isnt federal immigration law tougher on border crossers who come here and are accused of serious crimes?Given Jean-Pierres befuddlement‚ Doocy explained more: Theres this story in New York an eight-person crew of border crossers found with drugs and guns. Six of them now are out on bail. Does President Biden think policies like that are making the country safer?Jean-Pierre ducked‚ citing this example as being an active case‚ so dont want to comment on an active case‚ but anyone found guilty and weve been very clear about that anyone found guilty of a crime should be held accountable and that the Biden regime has been very‚ very clear about that.Doocy last question touched on the lefts pro-crime tendencies: So‚ more generally then‚ do you guys think that some big cities in this country have liberal DAs that are too soft on crime?Of course‚ Jean-Pierre also refused to answer other than reiterating her previous answer and declining to speak to every state or city here.Khalid immediately followed Doocy and made sure to represent the pro-Gaza‚ anti-Israel (so‚ pro-Hamas) voice that applies to a small subset of the country:Your tax dollars at work.....NPR';s Asma Khalid: [Y]ou heard the President being outraged strike on aid workers. In the past‚ the president has also referred to indiscriminate bombing. I';m wondering if you can articulate why‚ thus far‚ there has been no consequences [for pic.twitter.com/QgF4A6adkp Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 3‚ 2024Khalid wasnt satisfied‚ so she kept pressing (which was more than NPR would on caught dead doing for a conservative or Republican cause) (click expand):KHALID: Can you articulate why there have been no consequences thus far for any types of behavior that the President has been outraged by?JEAN-PIERRE: Hey‚ look‚ weve had we are having conversations with the Israeli government. Weve been very clear about that. Those conversations have been tough. Weve been very public about those conversations. On this particular instant [sic]‚ there will be an investigation. There is an investigation currently happening. The President has said he wants it to be swift. He wants it to be comprehensive‚ and he wants to be there to see accountability to bring account account right to bring accountability. He said that in his statement‚ and he wants to make sure that it is public. So‚ were going to let that process move forward and‚ you know‚ You said it yourself. The President also has been publicly clear here about what how he feels about what he has seen. We do not want to see innocence civilians die here. We do not want that and were going to continue to be clear and have those conversations from the President on down with our counterparts in in the Israeli government and those conversations iditions are tough‚ right? You think about Rafah the Rafah operations. Weve been clear about that how where we stand that a military operations [sic] is not the way to go. There are alternative ways of getting those Hamas operators in Rafah. Thats why we had a meeting a virtual meeting on Monday. Thats where were going to have an in-person meeting with Israeli government. The person take the President takes this very seriously. He wants to make sure that innocent civilian lives are protected‚ including those humanitarian aid workers who are out there and‚ yes‚ hes outraged and hes heartbroken by what happened yesterday and were going to have those conversations with the Israeli government as we have been. Its going to continue.This back-and-forth went on a few more rounds as Khalid even interrupted to whine shes privately asked Biden officials about as to whether Biden has personally met with anyone who had been to Gaza since October 7.Gee‚ what happened then‚ Asthma? And whose fault is it that Gaza looks far different than it did prior to October 7?Jean-Pierre offered plenty of platitudes about the Arab American community but wouldnt say yes or no out of respect for private meetings.To see the relevant transcript from the April 3 briefing‚ click expand.White House press briefing [via ABC News Live subfeed]April 3‚ 20241:25 p.m. EasternPETER DOOCY: First‚ the so‚ you guys started draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try and help with the Putin Price Hike a few years ago. Said You were going to refill it. But now it doesnt seem like thats happening. Why?KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Well‚ from I believe the Department of Energy is is responsible for for that particular component is refilling refilling that‚ so I would refer to the Department of Energy. I know there are certain components to that and how they were going to move forward and refilling refilling it. Uh I they would have had more specifics on that for you.DOOCY: Okay. And why isnt federal immigration law tougher on border crossers who come here and are accused of serious crimes?JEAN-PIERRE: So um are you speaking of a specific case?DOOCY: Theres this story in New York an eight-person crew of border crossers found with drugs and guns. Six of them now are out on bail. Does President Biden think policies like that are making the country safer?JEAN-PIERRE: So I want to be really careful. Thats an active case‚ so dont want to comment on an active case‚ but anyone found guilty and weve been very clear about that anyone found guilty of a crime should be held accountable. We have been very‚ very clear about that and if they if a person poses a danger to the community‚ they should be detained pretrial.DOOCY: So‚ more generally then‚ do you guys think that some big cities in this country have liberal DAs that are too soft on crime?JEAN-PIERRE: Look‚ what I will say is‚ Im not going to speak to every state or city here. I its not for me to speak to. We have been very clear about this. Anyone who commits a crime and is found guilty needs to be held accountable. Thats what this President believes‚ and we are certainly very much. We welcome local law enforcement support and cooperation and apprehending and removing individuals in this country who pose a risk to our national security or also public safety. If they are found guilty. They should be held accountable. Thats our thats where we stand on this. [TO KHALID] Go ahead.ASHMA KHALID: Thank‚ Karine. Two questions‚ one is you heard the President being outraged strike on aid workers. In the past‚ the president has also referred to indiscriminate bombing. Im wondering if you can articulate why‚ thus far‚ there has been no consequences and why there are no consequences? So‚ beyond JEAN-PIERRE: So I want to be clear. Its its not me‚ referring to that. this is the Presidents statement. Im just lifting up the statement from last night where he says KHALID: Yeah‚ and I understand that.JEAN-PIERRE: I am outraged and heartbroken. The first the first basically line part of the first line of the Presidents Presidents statement from last night‚ and it speaks for itself and he talked about how he talked about how theres more that needs to be done to protect innocent civilians in Gaza.KHALID: Can you articulate why there have been no consequences thus far for any types of behavior that the President has been outraged by?JEAN-PIERRE: Hey‚ look‚ weve had we are having conversations with the Israeli government. Weve been very clear about that. Those conversations have been tough. Weve been very public about those conversations. On this particular instant [sic]‚ there will be an investigation. There is an investigation currently happening. The President has said he wants it to be swift. He wants it to be comprehensive‚ and he wants to be there to see accountability to bring account account right to bring accountability. He said that in his statement‚ and he wants to make sure that it is public. So‚ were going to let that process move forward and‚ you know‚ You said it yourself. The President also has been publicly clear here about what how he feels about what he has seen. We do not want to see innocence civilians die here. We do not want that and were going to continue to be clear and have those conversations from the President on down with our counterparts in in the Israeli government and those conversations iditions are tough‚ right? You think about Rafah the Rafah operations. Weve been clear about that how where we stand that a military operations [sic] is not the way to go. There are alternative ways of getting those Hamas operators in Rafah. Thats why we had a meeting a virtual meeting on Monday. Thats where were going to have an in-person meeting with Israeli government. The person take the President takes this very seriously. He wants to make sure that innocent civilian lives are protected‚ including those humanitarian aid workers who are out there and‚ yes‚ hes outraged and hes heartbroken by what happened yesterday and were going to have those conversations with the Israeli government as we have been. Its going to continue.KHALID: Yeah and if I can also go back to something that was asked earlier about the presidential meeting with any aid workers or anybody whos been inside of Gaza since October 7. I mean‚ it is a question of also privately posed to some of your colleagues and it feels like a yes or no question whether or not hes actually met with somebody whos been inside. And the reason Im asking is a number of people at the meeting said‚ to their knowledge this was the first time the President had actually spoken to anybody whos been inside of Gaza since October 7. And [inaudible] JEAN-PIERRE: Heres what I can tell you. Hes met with community leaders who are obviously from the Muslim community‚ the Arab community‚ the Palestinian community. I would let them speak for themselves on if theyve been to Gaza. You know‚ I dont have any we dont have any information to share about that. We want to be really mindful that the this meeting and many meetings that weve held had have been private. We want to respect that and so‚ just going to leave it there. I think what is important‚ though like‚ I understand the question.KHALID: [Inaudible] updates JEAN-PIERRE: Wait. No‚ no. No‚ no‚ no.KHALID: from‚ you know‚ what the situation tangibly looks like.JEAN-PIERRE: no‚ I I understand‚ right? I I get what youre saying the importance of hearing from folks who have been on the ground in Gaza. I totally understand that‚ but I think its also important that the President is hearing directly from the community directly from the community who are some of them are personally affected by whats happening in Gaza‚ right? And so‚ the fact that senior White House officials are having those conversations tough conversations is important that the fact that the President has done so as well is important. But I I hear your question‚ but we are also hearing from folks from the community having these sit-down conversations. the community leaders that were here yesterday and met with the President and the Vice President they asked for a working-group conversation and we listened and we made that happen and the President heard directly from them what they are going through‚ what they see‚ how painful it has been for them. So‚ I think thats important as well. We cant we cant not you know um lift that up as well.