[Steely Tom]

An acting Deputy secretary in ANY administration taking the bait of a likely intoxicated loud mouth from the opposing party is not only not advisable, it’s imbecilic.

Exactly. Escalating it would have played right into the MSM-Democrat's hands.

[dfwgator]

Exactly. Escalating it would have played right into the MSM-Democrat's hands.

Why?

[Cinnamontea]

Exactly. Escalating it would have played right into the MSM-Democrat's hands.

I think running away played into their hands, and the proof of it is that the Dems' fascist tactics have grown increasingly worse and more common.