Ann - the staffer, by indicating they DID know what was going on in the world, provided a 3rd option to your question: they laughed in that (possibly nervous) "oops, ya got me" way (see: kid caught with hand in cookie jar).
"I haven't seen/heard it" has been standard Republican congress person response since early in Trump's 1st term. Obv…
Ann - the staffer, by indicating they DID know what was going on in the world, provided a 3rd option to your question: they laughed in that (possibly nervous) "oops, ya got me" way (see: kid caught with hand in cookie jar).
"I haven't seen/heard it" has been standard Republican congress person response since early in Trump's 1st term. Obviously preposterous unless they have been in a coma, but reporters seem to shrug it off and move on. Your staffer isn't used to being called on it, but unlike most journos your access doesn't depend on playing nice.
Good on you for challenging her, a good lesson that constituents are NOT to be bullshat (not sure if there's correct tense but you catch my drift). I suspect will take repeated lessons.
Ann - the staffer, by indicating they DID know what was going on in the world, provided a 3rd option to your question: they laughed in that (possibly nervous) "oops, ya got me" way (see: kid caught with hand in cookie jar).
"I haven't seen/heard it" has been standard Republican congress person response since early in Trump's 1st term. Obviously preposterous unless they have been in a coma, but reporters seem to shrug it off and move on. Your staffer isn't used to being called on it, but unlike most journos your access doesn't depend on playing nice.
Good on you for challenging her, a good lesson that constituents are NOT to be bullshat (not sure if there's correct tense but you catch my drift). I suspect will take repeated lessons.