FNC’s Major Garrett Reflects On Pissing Off Robert Gibbs Today

The White House briefing had a bit of extra excitement today as Fox News correspondent Major Garrett had a testy exchange with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Reflecting on the tension a couple hours later, Garrett said he understood why Gibbs got annoyed.

The dissension came about when Garrett brought up that some people reported getting an email today from the White House after never having signed up for an email list before. He questioned whether it could have come from the campaign list, and that’s what set Gibbs off.

Said Garrett after:

That upset him, probably legitimately. I should not have done that because there is no evidence whatsoever that anything that’s at the Democratic National Committee comes anywhere near the White House in this health care debate or anything else. I want to get that on the record, absolutely clearly.

FNC host Neil Cavuto joked after watching the clip, “Major, if you’re trying to get out of the doghouse this little exchange today did not seem to foster that process.”

Major chuckled, but stood his ground. “”Neil I’m not in a doghouse,” he said. “I don’t try to get out of a doghouse, I don’t try to get into a doghouse, I just try to ask questions.”

Despite Garrett’s admission about one aspect of his question, Gibbs still didn’t give an answer. It will get replayed, and written about, and Gibbs will have to address the issue soon.

Here’s the clip from Cavuto today:

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