NSC’s John Kirby Whines About Peter Doocy

Today during a White House press briefing Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby why President Joe Biden hadn’t called Chinese President Xi Jinping directly to ask about China escalating tension in the region.“I know you said that there was not a call scheduled with Xi. Is there a reason why?” Doocy asked, “because President Biden’s known him for decades. He’s got a lot of free time up there in the residence this week.”“He doesn’t have free time,” Kirby replied.“He can’t just pick up the phone and call?” Doocy asked again.“He’s working all the way through his illness, quite frankly, Peter, so that’s a little bit insulting,” Kirby said, invoking Biden’s case of Covid for his inability to conduct foreign policy.On July 30, 79-year-old Joe Biden was diagnosed with Covid again, or …