What a convenient time for the audio to cut off.
“Yeah sir, just go up there and turn some pages, look about for a bit, and that should do it.”
You can hear NBC’s reporter Peter Alexander in the background ask President Joe Biden, “If Americans are still in Afghanistan after the deadline, what will you do?”
The audio cut shortly after that question was asked and we’re met with nothing but a smirk from our own damn president.
I’m all for giving benefit of the doubt to potential technical glitches and human errors so as to avoid conspiratorial assumptions BUT this happens a lot more frequently lately, to the point where it can’t just be coincidence.
Alexander actually revealed later that Biden gave a condescending response.
According to Fox News:
Alexander later confirmed the exchange and noted Biden answered, “You’ll be the first person I call.”
He tweeted “I asked President Biden what he will do if Americans are still in Afghanistan after the 8/31 deadline. His response: ‘You’ll be the first person I call.’ Took no questions.”
REPORTER: “If Americans are still in Afghanistan after the deadline what will you do?”
BIDEN: *smirks*
*White House cuts audio feed* pic.twitter.com/k0SGWhpXm6
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 25, 2021
Alexander even tweeted about it –
I asked President Biden what he will do if Americans are still in Afghanistan after the 8/31 deadline.
His response: “You’ll be the first person I call.”
Took no questions. pic.twitter.com/MlyFIayrMZ— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) August 25, 2021
He wasn’t the only one to share this absurd response by our president.
Shelby Talcott is a Daily Caller correspondent –
Pres. Biden (after introductory remarks on cybersecurity) ignored a question about what he’ll do if Americans are still in Afghanistan after Aug 31. When it was repeated, he joked to the reporter that “you’ll be the first person I call,” per pool report.
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) August 25, 2021
Charlie Spiering is a Breitbart correspondent –
The White House cut the audio/video feed of Biden’s event so viewers could not hear reporters could ask questions.
Media pool cameras, however, kept rolling pic.twitter.com/fdTWpyp7ZO
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) August 25, 2021
Even Josh Holmes, the former chief of staff for Mitch McConnell said something about it –
The White House cuts the President's microphone. Pretty remarkable. https://t.co/L7Khw40wP2
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) August 25, 2021
And many more were baffled –
https://twitter.com/NathanBrandWA/status/1430597749356077060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1430597749356077060%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fwhite-house-audio-feed-bidens-response-on-afghanistan
Joe Biden thinks you are a jerk if you ask him a question. https://t.co/UuBpvvV8ah
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) August 25, 2021
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden continues to dodge questions about Afghanistan.