GOP Senator engages in bizarre exchange with Blinken about Biden sound button

Republican senator James Risch of Idaho engaged in a bizarre exchange with secretary of state Anthony Blinken about whether someone in the Biden administration has a button to cut the president’s mic when he’s speaking.

Mr Risch, who is the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said somebody in the White House has the authority to press a button and cut off the audio from the president’s microphone.

Mr Blinken, who was testifying about the United States’ exit from Afghanistan, seemed to laugh when hearing the question.