EXCERPT:
PSAKI: "You know, I think the president recognizes that this has been a long and difficult journey for the American public. We’ve been -- the country has been shut down in one form or another for more than a year now, and people have missed birthday parties, weddings, baseball games going out to restaurants. It is difficult, it is hard and what he’s, asking people to do is to sacrifice a little bit longer. And he will continue to make that case and make that argument.”