Josh Earnest doubled down and repeated the same story.
Jen Paski earlier today explained that the "random folks" meant that the patrons were not of all the same nationality, and that any further questions about the attack be directed toward the Paris police dept.
This is from one of the gunmen while attacking the store.
Coulibay called from inside the store to a broadcast news outlet and said: “I have 16 hostages and I have killed four, and I targeted them because they were Jewish.”
After Psaki's news conference she tweeted this.
Jen Psaki Verified account @statedeptspox
We have always been clear that the attack on the kosher grocery store was an anti-semitic attack that took the lives of innocent people.
Excuse me, but these folks have been anything but clear in the depiction of this event.
I know it's a waste of breath, but will any democrat ever break out of the fog and accept that this administration is more protective of our mortal enemies, radical islam, than they ever have been of our best friends in the region, the Jewish state.
As a side note it has come to light that Israel did contact the Whitehouse before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the invitation from Congress.