NBC’s Mike Memoli was called on first after Biden’s fear-mongering speech, asking him four weak questions (with the four being an esoteric allusion to Hunter Biden’s life of corruption (click “expand”):
Thank you, Mr. President-Elect. President Obama once referred to this emerging cyber battlefield as the Wild West. President Trump, in commenting on this most recent breach, said the situation was well under control. Given what you just said about this, that it represents a grave risk, do you believe it also represents an act of war and will you respond in kind, if so?
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Why not lay out those kinds of options publicly, though? Isn't part of the issue here deterrence and the fact that Russia felt some immunity if it is, indeed, Russia, to do what they've done here?