[fr_freak]

Never give them what they want - the idiotic ‘yes or no’ exchange.

Yup. They are only trying to set up negative soundbites for their fellow travelers in the media. Ask a loaded question and try to force a yes or no answer when neither would be adequate, a "Have you stopped beating your wife?" sort of strategy.

[Robert A Cook PE]

In three other repeated questions, the democrat Senator did exactly that: over and over again asking: if Pete had beat his wife, should he resign?