A CNN panel roared with laughter on Sunday at Sen. Tim Kaine's (D., Va.) defense of running mate Hillary Clinton going more than 270 days without holding a press conference.
"God bless the people who get to be vice-presidential nominees, because they have to say things like this," Inside Politics host John King said, teasing Kaine's clip on CBS This Morning.
"Look, I don't see what the massive difference is between a press conference and talking to the press everywhere you go," Kaine said on Thursday. "She talks to the press a lot, and I've been with her when she's talked to the press."
After a pregnant pause, King said, "Uh-huh," and the panel exploded with laughter at the spin.
Reporter Sara Murray volunteered that both Clinton and opponent Donald Trump were dreadful at transparency.
"As journalists, we want more questions," Murray said. "We want more press conferences, and we absolutely think that Hillary Clinton should be taking questions from the press regularly, which she does not do regularly. She does not hold press conferences."