Psaki Reveals What She Hates Being Called…

Press Secretary Jen Psaki is a professional dodger, and Biden is lucky for that as he needs all the help he can get to hide his failing mental health. So magazine “Vogue” has taken an interest in the Biden Administration and interviewed the Psaki. During the interview, Psaki revealed that there is a word she is often called that really bothers her. She claims it’s sexist when people call her ‘nice.’

An excerpt from the interview:

At one point, she tells me that she hates when people describe her as “nice.” “It is like nails on a chalkboard,” she says. “And it still happens. I was introduced to a foreign delegation in the hallway the other day as ‘This is Jen. You may have seen her do the briefings. She’s a really nice person.’ I’m like, Really? You can’t think of a better description?” The word is sexist and a little diminishing, but, she says, “it’s also this desire to put people in a box. Yes, sometimes I’m friendly and joyful, and sometimes I’m tough, and sometimes I’m straightforward.”

After shadowing Psaki for a bit, I start to think that her real gift is her ability to be several of these things at the same time. Many of her cheerful quips are actually ways of shutting down a line of questioning. When there’s information the administration is not ready to share yet, she’ll respond with a chipper “Stay tuned!” or “Buckle up!” Or she’ll brush aside questions about tense dealmaking by chirping, “Democracy in action!”

Maybe she doesn’t understand what the word means… Of all the many words out there that are far more vulgar or mean natured she chooses the word nice to bother her. That sounds more like a personal problem as opposed to it being sexist or diminishing. There is nothing wrong with the word nice, and the idea that she would be offended by it speaks volumes about her.

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