‘Come on Now!’ Biden Spox Kirby Objects to Fox Challenge at Briefing — Reporter Retorts ‘It’s an Honest Question!’

(Via Mediaite)

EXCERPT:

HEINRICH: “Thank you, Karine. John, the president said that if Iran or its proxies attacked U.S. troops that we would respond. So, what is he waiting for exactly?”
KIRBY: “He did say that.”
HEINRICH: “Where is the response?”
KIRBY: “He said that. And he said that we will —”
HEINRICH: “So, repeating the warning is the response?”
KIRBY: “Jacqui, come on now.”
HEINRICH: “It’s an honest question.”
KIRBY: “I’m not going to telegraph punches here from the podium. We have responded and retaliated in the past — quite aggressively, in fact, back in March. And as the president said: We will not hesitate to protect our troops and our facilities, but we’re going to do it at a time of our choosing in a manner of our choosing. And the decision to do it, if we do it, is his as commander-in-chief and his alone.”