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WH Pres Sec Psaki Answers Questions On SCOTUS Leak

WHITE HOUSE

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is now delivering a press gaggle aboard Air Force One ahead of President Biden's visit to Alabama.

  • A livestream is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUCZJiup_98
  • Biden is scheduled to tour a Lockheed Martin facility in Alabama and speak on the USD$33 billion aid package for Ukraine this afternoon but wires have been dominated by a leak from the Supreme Court suggesting that the Court is preparing to overturn the 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling.
  • Psaki: 'The President's position is that we need to codify 'Roe'.'
  • It is likely that abortion will now be a defining issue for 2022 midterm elections. Democrat strategists will be hoping that the risk of losing abortion rights will compel wavering democrats and liberals to head to the ballot box in November.

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