That happened yet again Thursday when White House press secretary Jen Psaki audaciously claimed COVID-19 is the culprit in an outbreak of looting and robberies around Democrat-run cities, especially in California.

“When a huge group of criminals organizes themselves, and they want to go loot a store, CVS and Nordstrom, a Home Depot, until the shelves are clean, you think that’s because of the pandemic?” Fox News’ Peter Doocy inquired.

The reply from Psaki was disappointing since it was so predictable:

REPORTER: "When a huge group of criminals organizes themselves and they want to go loot a store—a CVS, Nordstorm, a Home Depot—until the shelves are clean, you think that's because of the pandemic?"

JEN PSAKI: "Yes"

Psaki also suggested that former President Donald Trump failed to allot enough federal money for local police.

Apparently, Psaki, raised in Greenwich opulence — and who’s never had a job outside Washington politics — doesn’t know that local crime is dealt with by local communities using local funds. But she is desperately trying to cover for her administration’s abhorrent policies and those pushed by her party in the nation’s largest cities.