WH Spox Kirby on Biden Saudi Trip: You Can't Say 'Values Matter' and 'Refuse to Talk to People'

On Monday's "CNN Newsroom," National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to criticism of President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia last week by arguing that "the best way" to advance human rights "is to actually go overseas and talk to foreign leaders and be direct and candid" and that "You can't say that values matter and then stay at home and refuse to talk to people or refuse to make the case."