Otis Mayfield
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Conservatives claim the video shows someone cut off Biden’s microphone, for fear he was veering off-script.
At a Sept. 14 hearing on the Afghanistan withdrawal, Sen. Jim Risch furthered that false narrative. The Idaho Republican demanded to know who “pushes the button” to cut off the president, and alleged that it shows Biden’s presidency is nothing more than “a puppeteer act” in which his speech — and perhaps his decisions — are controlled by others in the White House.
FALSE
Republicans have falsely spun a routine press protocol — allowing a pool spray before a private meeting — into something nefarious.
Every minute detail is called into question during these press briefings by some Republican hoping to score points with his voters and get reelected.
Nobody turned off Biden's microphone.
At a Sept. 14 hearing on the Afghanistan withdrawal, Sen. Jim Risch furthered that false narrative. The Idaho Republican demanded to know who “pushes the button” to cut off the president, and alleged that it shows Biden’s presidency is nothing more than “a puppeteer act” in which his speech — and perhaps his decisions — are controlled by others in the White House.
FALSE
No One Pushed 'Button' to Prevent Biden from Speaking - FactCheck.org
There was nothing unusual about the end of a routine press "pool spray" before a private meeting between fire officials and President Joe Biden in Idaho. But conservatives have falsely claimed the video shows someone cut off Biden's microphone, for fear he was veering off-script.
www.factcheck.org
Republicans have falsely spun a routine press protocol — allowing a pool spray before a private meeting — into something nefarious.
Every minute detail is called into question during these press briefings by some Republican hoping to score points with his voters and get reelected.
Nobody turned off Biden's microphone.