Karine Jean-Pierre clashes with Doocy over Biden's mental sharpness, says polling 'a little confusing for me'

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sparred with Fox News’ Peter Doocy over polling showing the American people believe President Biden's mental acuity is declining.

During the press briefing, Doocy asked Jean-Pierre about how more people are showing concern over Biden’s mental fitness ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

"Karine, why do you think it is that more and more people polled feel like, over time, President Biden is getting less and less mentally sharp?" Doocy asked.

"Which poll is this?" Jean-Pierre responded.

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"ABC has President Biden's rating for health since May down five points and for mental sharpness down four points," Doocy clarified.

She answered, "You know, I have to say that's a little confusing for me, because if you look at what this president has done the last three years, historical pieces of legislation, right? When it comes to bipartisan infrastructure deal, many presidents before, like your favorite president, had said that—"

"Who’s my favorite president?" Doocy interjected.

Jean-Pierre remarked, "Why don’t you…why don’t we let the American people guess?"

The two went back and forth for a few seconds as he pressed her further to explain her remark.

"I don’t understand what you’re getting at," Doocy said.

"Let me—let me finish. Let me finish. Let me finish," Jean-Pierre insisted.

"And you'll — you'll guess who I'm talking about, who used to say Infrastructure Week, Infrastructure Week, which was a punchline, became a joke," she continued, likely referring to former President Trump and his administration's multiple derailed infrastructure initiative roll-outs.

"And now we are seeing Infrastructure Decade because of