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DOOCY TIME: "Why do you think it is that 88% of people in this country...think the country is on the wrong track?" Jean-Pierre: "So, I'll say this, the president understands what the American are going thru. He understands that gas prices are high b/c of Putin's tax hike."

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8:20 PM · Jul 7, 2022

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Doocy: "Do you think it's possible that your plans just is not popular w/the American people?" KJP: "I don't think it's that our plan is not popular...We know that [they] are feeling the high costs...We are stronger economically than we have been in history...That is important."

Doocy: "So, if you think that the -- your plan is popular...is it just that the plans are not being communicated properly and is that why the communications director is leaving?" KJP: "Oh, that's where you were going with this question! That's very slick there of you, Peter."

Doocy on Kate Bedingfield's resignation: "Historic number...think the country is on the wrong track. Somebody who has been a part of Bidenworld for as long as just about anybody...says...she is leaving." KJP says she's "a friend" tho it won't "affect...what we're trying to do"

Doocy: "The largest labor union in the country -- the National Education Association -- had been proposing a resolution for future contracts to replace the world 'mother' with 'birthing parent.' What does [Biden] think about proposals like that one?" KJP: "So, we're not the NEA"

Doocy: The VP "just spoke at that conference, tho. The First Lady's a teacher. The President says he's the most pro-labor President ever. Does he support proposals like that one? Does he think that is an important priority for --" KJP says she "won't speak about" their "policy"