CNN's Dana Bash Highlights Biden's 'Mic Drop Moment' Against Trump

Posted • August 2, 2024: President Joe Biden reminded us he's still president by announcing a prisoner swap with Russia. A Reuters reporter set up Biden by asking why President Donald Trump didn't free the hostages. "Why didn't he do it when he was president?" replied Biden. White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates quickly jumped on a clip from CNN in which Dana Bash described that reply as a "mic drop moment."

Reporter: "President Trump has said repeatedly that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange. What do you say to that?"

Biden: "Why didn't he do it when he was president?"

Dana Bash: "I think that was what they call a 'mic drop' moment."

Um, it would have been tough for Trump to have freed hostages who hadn't been taken captive while he was president. Captured on Biden’s watch. (…)

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