WATCH: FBI director goes silent when asked if country 'safer' under Biden

Fox News ^ | October 31, 2023 7:13pm EDT | Brandon Gillespie

[conservative98]

FBI Director Christopher Wray went silent Tuesday when questioned over whether the country is safer since President Biden took office.

"Is the United States safer from foreign terror threats today? Are we safer than when Joe Biden took office — from the day he took office?" Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., asked Wray during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing.

Wray took an extended pause, sitting silently and appearing to be in deep thought before finally answering.

"What I would say to you is that the terror threats have elevated. But I also think there are a lot of things the country has done throughout law enforcement to be better prepared to deal with them," he said, not directly saying whether the country has become safer under Biden's watch.

"I asked FBI Director Wray a simple question: is the U.S. safer today than it was before [Joe Biden] took office? After nearly 10 seconds of silence, he finally admitted what we all know… '…the terror threats have elevated…'" Scott wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the hearing.

[kiryandil]

Meanwhile, The Tater’s adult diapers aren’t safe from terror attacks, either.

[Gene Eric]

>> Wray took an extended pause, sitting silently and appearing to be in deep thought...

It was a dark and stormy night...

[Mark17]

It was a dark and stormy night...

I don’t think the dude is capable of deep thought. Maybe it was a midnight dreary, and he was pondering weak and weary. 😊😂😁

[Telepathic Intruder]

The terror threats have elevated because everyone knows Carter II is running things.

[clearcarbon]

"I also think there are a lot of things the country has done throughout law enforcement to be better prepared to deal with them," he said, not directly saying whether the country has become safer under Biden's watch."

It's unfortunate that these law enforcement efforts have been focused on the traditional American citizen rather than actual terrorist threats. Then again it's harder to imagine the current administration arresting it's own kind.

[9YearLurker]

The more we bomb the Middle East, the more we’ll be rewarded with Palestinian terrorists.

[Does so]

“Building Back Better”...

[know.your.why]

“Building Back Better”...

Those words will haunt democrats for decades methinks. Nothing has been built. Nothing is back. Nothing is better.

[equaviator]

Carter II? As if Obama is about to or has already left the building.

[I-ambush]

Much worse than Carter. He was a bumbling halfwit. Lunchbox Joe is a corrupt, bumbling halfwit with Alzheimer’s.

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

An undeserved insult to (the heretofore worst President of our lifetime) Carter. Lol

[Dan in Wichita]

Wray understands the open border policy of the Biden administration has made the U.S. far more susceptible to a terrorist attack. The reason for his hesitation in answering the question is that he was trying to think of a way to blame the “previous administration” for the elevated danger threat.

[DownInFlames]

There’s Trumps campaign slogan!

[bray]

Like when the Queen looked at him surprised and asked if he just farted?
He answered, mostly.

[Texas resident]

He knows we are more in danger. He was just dancing around the question.

[dfwgator]

[Chewbarkah]

It’s fun to put jerks on the spot, but gotcha questions don’t lead to anything useful. Senators should ask about things that must be answered with facts instead of opinions and blather. How many criminals have entered the US from the open suthern border? How many are potential terrorists? Etc.

[know.your.why]

Good God! At 6:18 he says "In the last two years we've seized enough fentanyl to kill 240 MILLION people...over 80% of the population of the US."

That means to me that what has got through is likely many times that. This is ALL BECAUSE OF THE WIDE OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION DEMANDS!!

[know.your.why]

That link doest NOT support the headline! This one does:

https://youtu.be/V15TqY0v2-M?t=266

Mayorkas is more devious than Wray imho, but both need a hot "D" branding iron right on the forehead! And one on the ass!