It going viral has everything to do with what he said and how he said it. How clear it was. For the lefties, because he said it to the fox News reporter, they probably loved it.
Leaving it out of a WH tra script wouldn't have made it more likely to spread lol. Especially because MSM wouldn't report on the omission.
Who is in control here?
Dunno. Hiding it or removing it would probably become an homage to Barbara Streisand, tho.
What choice did they have?
It going viral has everything to do with what he said and how he said it. How clear it was. For the lefties, because he said it to the fox News reporter, they probably loved it.
Leaving it out of a WH tra script wouldn't have made it more likely to spread lol. Especially because MSM wouldn't report on the omission.
Yur prolly right.