Joe Biden gave a horrible briefing on Afghanistan today, where he lied so much that Fox’s Jennifer Griffin said it was hard to keep up with all the misrepresentations.

Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin on Biden’s speech: “I couldn’t fact check it fast enough because there are so many misrepresentations of what is happening on the ground” pic.twitter.com/OyEpxwAIoU

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 20, 2021

But Joe Biden did actually take a few questions.

The pre-approved list that Biden picked for questions: Justin Sink, Bloomberg; Stephanie Ramos, ABC; Meredith Lee, PBS; Scott Detrow, NPR. That was it.

— David Williams (@DbwDavid) August 20, 2021

Unfortunately, his responses were just as bad as his remarks.

For example, he refused to commit to staying past August 31 to get Americans if they hadn’t gotten out everyone who needed it by that time.

Joe Biden does not commit to staying past August 31 deadline to rescue ALL Americans stranded in Afghanistan.

"We'll make that judgement as we go" pic.twitter.com/wJm3WGU3eB

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 20, 2021

But there was one exchange that really had people asking questions.

NPR reporter Scott Detrow asked Biden if he was really saying that there were no circumstances where Americans weren’t able to get to the Kabul airport because that wasn’t squaring with the information that reporters knew on the ground. Indeed, that’s what Biden did say in his remarks.

Joe Biden falsely says “no circumstance” where American citizens have been blocked from Kabul airport pic.twitter.com/6CYmU4inXE

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 20, 2021

Detrow asked, “Are you saying unequivocally that any American who wants to get to the airport is getting there, and getting past the security barrier and to the planes where they want to go?” Listen to Biden’s response.

NPR: Are you saying any American can get to the airport, past the security barrier, and to where they need to go?

BIDEN: To the best of our knowledge, the Taliban are letting through people with American passports.

The guy is literally entrusting American lives TO THE TALIBAN. pic.twitter.com/Of7nmKJCw0

— William Martin (@wsmartin218) August 20, 2021

“I thought the question was – how could they get to the airport, outside the airport,” Biden says. “And the answer is, to the best of our knowledge, the Taliban checkpoints are letting through people showing American passports.”

Not only doesn’t he answer the question that is asked, but he says “I thought the question was” and replaces what was asked with something that wasn’t said. It surely sounds like the reporter might have gone off script and not asked the question that Biden thought he was going to ask, so Biden decided to just answer the question he believed Detrow was going to ask.

Now, this had folks all over the Internet believing that Biden answered a planned question.

Detrow denies it. He did actually ask Biden a good question.

I'm as shocked as you are that there's disinformation zooming around the webs, but I did not submit any questions to anyone beforehand, or know I'd be called on. Biden saying "I thought the question was…" was bc I was following up on something he'd answered to someone earlier.

— Scott Detrow (@scottdetrow) August 20, 2021

But what is true is that either way, Biden failed to answer the question and simply responded to the question he wanted to answer. He never responded to Detrow’s question about securing the safety of American citizens. So if he is supposed to be so “laser-focused,” in the words of Kate Bedingfield, about getting Americans and allies out, why isn’t he “laser-focused” enough to answer the simple question?

Meanwhile, as we reported Americans have reportedly been beaten on their way to the airport and there are many who haven’t gotten through. The Taliban is also going door to door and reportedly shooting people who worked with America. People want answers but trying to get anything resembling action or sense from Joe Biden seems impossible.