He had jumped in when Quijano first brought up the Scott question to repeat Scott's job title, which she had just mentioned ("a U.S. senator!").
Granted, the reporters to whom Obama said that phrase had asked follow-on questions, but the way Obama--or any speaker--should handle such questions is to repeat the substance of the answer, but without the back reference.
I am here, however, to answer your questions, not to repeat what I provided in writing.
A few weeks ago on Any Questions, he managed to repeat 10 discredited claims about climate change in one short contribution.
And he has been criticized for doing the same thing in debates, turning questions into opportunities to repeat those lines.
At times he had to ask for questions to be repeated after they apparently got lost in translation.
Some of the witnesses he questioned asked him to repeat himself because they could not hear him.
If you didn't understand or hear the question, ask them to repeat it.
He would ask me to repeat questions, head just wasn't in the game.
However, users' perceptions of repeated questioning may not necessarily be in their best interests as clinicians may need to repeat questions to ensure correct treatment.
