It wasn't a good day for Karine Jean-Pierre. She showed up to the White House briefing room wearing an oversized, off-the-rack men's suit coat with the sewn-on tags still on the sleeve. She looked like a kid dressed up as a mob boss for Halloween. 

Far be it from me to speak on current fashion, but come on, what is this?

Legit thought this was photoshopped pic.twitter.com/1Unv566KC9

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Her problems were just getting started, though. After taking a variety of softballs from various press members in the room, it was finally Peter Doocy's turn. The Fox News reporter proceeded to press Jean-Pierre on both the administration's response to Helene and the claim that Congress is holding up further aid. Let's just say that she didn't take it very well. 

Must watch TV as the Press Briefing leads to KJP storming out

Peter Doocy & KJP get heated over Biden sending money to Lebanon without Congressional approval but refusing to do so for North Carolina.

Doocy: "You can't call a question you don't like misinformation." pic.twitter.com/4kgaVqW0s0

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JEAN-PIERRE: But instead, people want to do disinformation, misinformation, which is dangerous, which is dangerous because then, when folks on the ground hear that, they may not want to ask for the help that they need. That is there for them. That is there for them. That's our focus here. 

DOOCY: But President Biden is fond of saying, "Show me your budget, and I will tell you what you value." If he's got money for people in Lebanon right now without Congress having to come back, what does it say about his values? There is not enough money right now for people in North Carolina.

JEAN-PIERRE: His values...

DOOCY: That's not misinformation. 

JEAN-PIERRE: Wait, no that is, your whole premise of the question is misinformation, sir. 

DOOCY: Which part? Is there money to send to Lebanon right now? 

JEAN-PIERRE: I just mentioned to you that we provided more than $200 million to folks who are impacted in the area, and I just shared with you that people are deciding not to, people are deciding not to.

(crosstalk)

DOOCY: President Biden (inaudible) Congress. If there's not enough money to help people in North Carolina...

JEAN-PIERRE: We're talking about the SBA disaster loan.

DOOCY: That's money for people in North Carolina 

JEAN-PIERRE: And that's important, and people in North Carolina need that. (Crosstalk). Wait, this is nothing new. Peter this is nothing new. Congress comes together, they provide money, millions of dollars for disaster relief. We are asking them to do the job they have been doing for some time. 

DOOCY: (Inaudible) The president's letter is not misinformation, would you agree?

JEAN-PIERRE: No, the way you're asking me the question is misinformation. There's money that we are allocating to the impacted areas, and there's money there for people who truly need it. There are survivors who need the funding, who need the funding, and it's there. 

DOOCY: You can't call a question that you don't like misinformation. 

JEAN-PIERRE: I said that, I actually said we have the money available to help survivors of Hurricane Helene and also Hurricane Milton. Now, there is going to be a shortfall because we don't know how bad Hurricane Milton is going to be. And so, we're going to need additional funding. We're going to need additional funding. 

DOOCY: That's exactly what I just asked about and you said it was misinformation. 

JEAN-PIERRE: No! What you're asking me is why Congress needs to come back and do their job. That's what you're asking me. Congress needs to come back and do their job and provide extra assistance, extra funding for the disaster relief fund. That's what Congress needs to do, and we're going to continue to urge that. You may not want that, but that's okay. That's what this president wants and what the vice president wants. 

(Jean-Pierre walks out of the room)

The long and short of the exchange is that Doocy is wondering where the money to send to Lebanon, a clear attempt at appeasement of radical terrorist supporters who vote Democrat, is coming from while the White House insists there is no more money for Hurricane Helene and Milton unless Congress acts. I'm not suggesting that Congress does not need to provide additional funding, but what appropriation is being used by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to ship American taxpayer money off to Lebanon to rebuild houses that can't be redirected to North Carolina? That's the question Doocy was asking, and it's the one Jean-Pierre called "misinformation."

It's not "misinformation" to ask for clarification. It's something a lot of people are wondering right now, and Jean-Pierre's haughty tone and inability to just give a straight answer is on display for everyone in the hurricane-devastated area wondering when help will come their way.

As to the idea that simply asking such a question leads people to not pursue assistance, that may actually be misinformation. What evidence does Jean-Pierre have to support that claim? It sounds like she just came up with an excuse for censorship that ultimately serves no one by her boss' political wants. "You can't talk about that because some may take it the wrong way" is not how any of this is supposed to work.

Frankly, I think a lot of Americans are sick and tired of Democrats hiding behind the "misinformation" trope every time they get asked a question they don't like. People deserve answers. Jean-Pierre's salary is paid for by taxpayers. Instead of acting like an entitled brat who answers to no one, she should be giving clear answers on important issues. That Doocy seems to be the only person in the briefing room willing to stand up to her is an indictment of the broader press corps.