Fox News’ Chris Wallace finally hit the Biden administration with the tough questions, after losing credibility as a journalist for his unprofessional behavior moderating the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Biz Pac Review said it best: Wallace “has earned a reputation for reserving tough questions only for Republicans.”
But, during an interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the morning of August 22nd, Chris Wallace asked the question that most of America has been wondering: “Does the president not know what’s going on?”
The interview, which was advertised as a wide-ranging discussion of the crisis in Afghanistan, was a total bust. Even though Wallace did ask the tough questions and grill Blinken about several of Biden’s statements that were “flat out wrong,” the slimy politician avoided giving direct answers.
While the majority of the interview was spent dodging questions effortlessly, there was one question that he failed miserably at avoiding.
“Mr. Secretary, does the president not know what’s going on?” he asked.
“This is an incredibly emotional time, uh, for many of us, uh and including allies and partners who’ve been shoulder to shoulder with us in Afghanistan for 20 years, uh at high cost to themselves as well as to us,” Blinken responded, sounding flustered. “They stood with us after 9/11, invoked Article Five of NATO for the first time, an attack on one is an attack on all, and we’ve been there together. But I got to tell you this, Chris, from the get go, uh I spent more time with our NATO partners in Brussels, virtually from before the President made his decision to when he made his decision to every time since. We’ve been working very, very closely together. We’ve gotten the G7 together, NATO together, the U.N. Security Council together, we had 113 countries, thanks to our diplomacy, to put out a clear understanding of the Taliban’s requirements to let people leave the country.”
Chris Wallace wasn’t about to tolerate a blatant attempt to avoid one of the most important questions.
“Sir, respectfully that, that look, I’m not questioning whether or not the allies have a right to complain. I’m not questioning whether or not al Qaeda has a presence,” the Fox News host replied. “The President said, Al Qaeda is gone. It’s not gone. The President said he’s not heard any criticism from the allies. There’s been a lot of criticism from the allies, words matter and the words of the President matter most.”
Of course, Blinken was determined to obfuscate, and ended up just dodging the question again.
“Chris, all I can tell you is what I’ve heard, and again, this is a powerful, emotional time for a lot of allies and partners, as it is for me, as it is for us, but I’ve also heard this. I’ve heard across the board deep appreciation and thanks from allies and partners for everything that we’ve done to bring our allies and partners out of harm’s way,” Blinken claimed.
What does this mean!? A TOTAL dodge ⬇️
WALLACE: "Does the president not know what's going on?"
BLINKEN: "This is an incredibly emotional time for many of us." pic.twitter.com/tIHtBEBvEb
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) August 22, 2021
If this is the kind of avoidance we can expect from the Biden administration, the next three years are going to be unbearable.
