Reporter: “I just wanted to return to this question of the congresswoman, and I think we all totally get why she’s top of mind, you’ve made that case pretty effectively.”

Jean-Pierre: “Well, thank you.”

Reporter: “I think the confusing part is why, if she and the family is top of mind, does the President think that she’s living and in the room?”

Jean-Pierre: “I don’t find that confusing. I mean, I think many people can speak to, sometimes, when you have someone top of mind, they are a top of mind, exactly that. And it is also you put it into the context. It’s not like it happened without — outside of context, right? It happened at an event where we were — we were calling out the champions, congressional champions in particular, of this issue, this important issue when it comes to food insecurity, something that this administration has led on — led on from the beginning of this administration, not just across the country, but also globally. You heard him talk about food insecurity last week at the U.N. and the investments that we have put forward as the United States of America and helping — and helping deal with that. Look, he was at an event, you all saw, you all watched — which is why you’re asking the question, right? — where he was calling out, again, congressional leaders, a bipartisan leadership that we have seen on this particular issue. And again, he’s going to see her family in just two days and she was on top of mind. I mean, I don’t — that is — that is not an unusual scenario there.”

Reporter: “I mean, I have John Lennon top of mind just about every day, but I’m not looking around for him anywhere.”

Jean-Pierre: “When you sign a bill for John Lennon as president, then we can have this conversation. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead.”

(Reporters shouting questions simultaneously)

Reporter 2: “This is a legitimate question now. We need to have some answers.”