'Whew!' MSNBC's Jen Psaki in awe as Trump picks wilt under pressure from fiery Dems

MSNBC's Jen Psaki was floored watching Donald Trump allies face aggressive lines of questioning at the hands of Democrats, telling viewers Tuesday night that Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) attack was so intense, Psaki herself felt like she'd failed the class from the professor.

Psaki opened her show, "The Briefing," on Tuesday night to take stock of how Trump's officials are faring in televised hearings, and particularly homed in on their alignment on pleading ignorance.

"One of them is a moment from a hearing involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio—that guy who became, what seems to be, the latest Trump official to deploy the strategy of what I can only call complete ignorance when asked about Trump’s controversies," she said.

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She played a clip of Rubio being asked directly by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) about Trump's plans for a Qatari jet he reportedly asked for.

"It’s not your understanding that the plan ultimately will belong to the president or to the president’s library after...?" asked Murphy

"Well, I don’t—I'm not involved at that level of it. I’ve never heard that before."

"... President has offered access to him to the 200 top purchasers of his meme coin ... Do you have a list of those foreign individuals who will be meeting with the president?" asked Murphy.

"I don’t—I don’t know anything about it. I didn’t even know there was a dinner on Thursday night," Rubio replied, holding back a chuckle.

"Isn't that a relevant question for the Secretary of State?" Murphy shot back.

"Foreign interests are going to be speaking to the president... I mean, it’s kind of naive to believe that they aren’t going to be in that room talking about national security matters," he added.

"Well, I don’t think that’s the case at all, because I would be aware if it was the case. So you’re asking about a dinner I don’t know anything about. I can’t answer you because I don’t know anything about this dinner. This is the first I’ve heard of it," Rubio maintained.

Psaki was unconvinced, however, and noted Rubio wasn't the only Trump ally facing a heated grilling who pleaded ignorance.

"I guess that’s the strategy now — about Trump’s most outlandish and potentially illegal plans — because today, former Congressman Billy Long, Trump’s nominee to run the IRS, was also in the hot seat. And surprise, surprise—he doesn’t know anything about Trump’s plans either."

She played a clip of Warren turning up the heat on Long.

"Is it illegal for the president to instruct the IRS to remove nonprofit status from a taxpayer?" asked Warren.

"I’m not going to have the answer that you need and I apologize, but like I said..." he replied.

"Why are you not having the answer? You’ve had three weeks to consult with lawyers. I’m asking what I think is a pretty simple question. Can the President of the United States legally tell the IRS to change someone’s nonprofit status?" she shot back.

"I’m not able to answer," Long replied, before Warren cut in.

"You can’t read these words and tell what those words say?" she demanded to know.

Warren's intense line of questioning took Psaki aback.

"Whew! I mean, leave it to a former professor to really make him seem as unprepared for class as humanly possible. I felt like maybe I had failed the class watching that," Psaki said, admiring the senator's admonishment.

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