A Fox correspondent had shouted why the president was “waiting on Putin to make the first move”
On Thursday, a correspondent questioned what she’d apparently perceived as a lack of action by the administration against Moscow, only to get a dismissive characterization by the president.
“Why are you waiting on [Russia’s President Vladimir] Putin to make the first move, Sir?” Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich shouted as reporters were escorted out of a meeting Biden held with his science and technology advisory team PCAST. The off-hand response he gave was picked up by the mike: “What a stupid question.”
REPORTER: “Why are you waiting on Putin to make the first move, sir?”
BIDEN: “What a stupid question.” pic.twitter.com/rcKxNePAR3
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President Joe Biden is continuing to take flak from critics over the remark he’d made earlier this week during his big interview about a hypothetical “minor incursion” into Ukraine by Russia.
During his two-hour-long conference on Wednesday, Biden seemed to imply that small-scale military action by Russia against Ukraine could happen without US retaliation. The White House walked back the remark less than an hour after the event ended, stating that any “cyberattacks and paramilitary tactics” by Russia could trigger punitive actions from Washington.
