It is easier to sell propaganda when you don’t have anyone challenging your actions.
The MAGAsphere won’t hear about the press being banned from asking questions and if they do, they will just assume it was to purge the “woke” media from the room.
If someone asks a legitimate question that even some republicans might want an answer to and the refuse to answer, they look weak or as if they are hiding something.
They are already struggling to maintain their preferred optics on Iran, they would rather not make it worse.
It is easier to sell propaganda when you don’t have anyone challenging your actions. The MAGAsphere won’t hear about the press being banned from asking questions and if they do, they will just assume it was to purge the “woke” media from the room. If someone asks a legitimate question that even some republicans might want an answer to and the refuse to answer, they look weak or as if they are hiding something. They are already struggling to maintain their preferred optics on Iran, they would rather not make it worse.