This is high level Alinsky
Start slinging mud back or we will be buried
The press secretary job is to provide information about things the executive is doing like which legislation they are seeking and slants on the operations of government. This Fin admin is politics 24/7. There is a distinction. Political banter should come from the various party apparatus. Now It is party first. Exactly what George W warned about.
The failure of the administration to protect supreme court justices through the laws on the books about obstruction is the last example of how skewed things have become. In its current assemblage in concert with the Media and tech, this country is not going to stand.