<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki gave a condescending reply to NBC Correspondent Kristen Welker when the latter — who had just questioned President Joe Biden about his administration&#8217;s refusal to send military planes to Ukraine — pressed her on the same subject.</p>
<p>Welker attended Biden&#8217;s Wednesday speech, during which he <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-announces-new-800-million-security-assistance-package-for-ukraine/">announced</a> some $800 million more in aid to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion — and she asked why, despite pressure from both sides of the political aisle, he was not ready to supply MiGs to Ukraine to assist with air defense.</p>
<p>Biden refused to address the question outright. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to comment on that right now. I&#8217;m not going to comment on anything other than what I have told you today. Thank you,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Biden leaves after his latest remarks on Ukraine without taking questions from reporters, with NBC&#39;s Kristen Welker interjecting w/a MiGs question: &quot;I&#39;m not going to comment on that right now. I&#39;m not going to comment on anything other than what I have told you today. Thank you.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KJ1nBQohtr">pic.twitter.com/KJ1nBQohtr</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1504144742904471557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Hours later, Welker joined the rest of the press corps for a briefing from Psaki — where she again attempted to get the White House&#8217;s reasoning for not sending planes or facilitating the transfer of MiGs that had <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/10/poland-fighter-jet-deal-ukraine-russia-00016038">already been offered</a> by Poland.</p>
<p>&#8220;And I want to go back to the MiGs quickly and just be crystal clear about what you’re saying. Because when I asked the president about this earlier, he said he’s not going to comment. He didn’t say that it’s not an option. So —&#8221; Welker began.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, we’ve spoken to it approximately 167 times. So, maybe he —&#8221; Psaki replied.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, here’s 168,&#8221; Welker shot back.</p>
<p><strong>WATCH:</strong></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jen Psaki and NBC&#39;s Kristen Welker Do Battle Over Sending MiGs to Ukraine <a href="https://t.co/2K1BzKFPwV">https://t.co/2K1BzKFPwV</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/Mediaite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mediaite</a> <a href="https://t.co/smqPZT3njZ">pic.twitter.com/smqPZT3njZ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) <a href="https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1504454068311371777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Go ahead. Go ahead,&#8221; Psaki conceded, prompting laughs from the press corps.</p>
<p>&#8220;There’s a growing — there’s a growing number of Republicans and Democrats who are supporting the U.S. striking a deal with Poland to send the MiGs. You have Elise Stefanik earlier today saying Ukraine &#8216;needs those MiGs.&#8217; You have Scalise saying, &#8216;Getting [those] MiGs in immediately is…critical.&#8217; There’s a growing chorus of voices saying that now is the time,&#8221; Welker explained, asking, &#8220;Has the president reconsidered his stance at all at this point?&#8221;</p>
<p>Psaki <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/psaki-bristles-when-nbc-reporter-suggests-bidens-plan-is-to-just-watch-this-get-worse-in-ukraine/">pushed back</a>, saying that the military made the assessments with regard to what would be the best and most effective aid to send to Ukraine. She also noted that Ukraine already had a number of &#8220;mission-capable aircraft that are not being utilized,&#8221; and that the United States did not view sending more to be the highest priority.</p>
<p>&#8220;But they don’t think that’s enough, Jen. You heard President Zelensky,&#8221; Welker continued.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">&#8220;This is the assessment by our Defense Department,&#8221; Psaki repeated, adding, &#8220;T</span>hey’re also assessing that the transfer to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory.&#8221;</p>
<p>Psaki concluded by repeating that the Defense Department had come to the conclusion that sending MiGs would not change the overall effectiveness of Ukraine&#8217;s air defense, making the risk of escalation not worth taking.</p>
<p>&#8220;We certainly understand. We share the passion, the anger, the horror at what we’re seeing. And that is why we are — we significantly increased the types of military assistance, the types of equipment that we know is effective and our Defense Department has determined is effective in fighting this war,&#8221; Psaki said.</p>

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