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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki delivered a wry putdown on Tuesday as she responded to a New York Times reporter asking about delays to 'furniture, dishwashers and treadmills' amid continuing pressure to explain why the president had not acted faster on supply chain problems.
'The tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed,' she responded.
Yet the backlash came fast, from commentators who would normally have enjoyed watching the New York Times' worldview being put deftly in its place.
'Stores are running out of food, medical supplies, supply driving inflation but Psaki reduces real world problems down to the example of a treadmill for a chuckle,' tweeted talk show host Dana Loesch.
'Hoo boy.'
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki: 'The tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed.' Psaki scoffed at a question about supply chains holding up treadmills as she was pressed on why the president did not act sooner to fix snarled supply chains
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Empty shelves at an IKEA store on October 15, 2021 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New
