Jen: COVID is loot of all evil

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday blamed the COVID-19 pandemic as “a root cause” of recent organized looting incidents across the country.

Psaki gave the surprising remark when asked at her daily briefing about large groups that have for months been descending upon San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago-area shops.

Psaki at first pinned the blame on former President Donald Trump — saying President Biden “proposed additional funding in his budget over the funding that had been proposed by the prior president . . . [to] make sure we keep cops on the beat” — before turning to the pandemic as a reason for the spike in looting by gangs of thieves.

“I think a root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic,” Psaki said.

Unlike last year amid protests and riots following the George Floyd murder, the latest incidents generally aren’t linked to broader civil unrest and appear to be organized operations.