The 314 Action Fund, a group pushing for electing more scientists and STEM-savvy candidates to public office, is soliciting “thank you’s” for White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who has signaled she is exiting next year.
The solicitation comes with a request for a donation toward the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) candidate cause, but that’s not required to give Psaki a shout-out.
314 Action Fund said that after four years of “lies, misinformation and combative White House press briefings” under President Donald Trump ," Psaki returned “dignity, facts and science” to the proceedings.
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“Jen Psaki isn’t afraid to shut down anti-vaxxers and conservative journalists who try to spread misinformation about COVID-19,” the group said. “Armed with facts, sources, data, and expert opinions, Jen Psaki has spent each day restoring integrity to White House press briefings.”
The card effort comes the same week that former Trump administration Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham was prominent on cable news shows promoting her book, including her admission to ABC‘s George Stephanopoulos that she had enabled ”a culture of casual dishonesty.” She also said she could probably never atone for her role in the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grisham actually never held a daily press briefing, instead issuing statements defending the president during Trump‘s moratorium on daily briefings, or what Reporters without Borders dubbed at the time a “strategic press restriction.”
