You may be correct and it is a good hypothesis, or perhaps he was nervous, having to recite facts and answer questions on his own without TOTUS or the press to help him, so he took something “to calm his nerves”, or it could be that he is just a lazy, dumb sh*t who has gotten by on affirmative action - that’s what I think.
Really, he’s just lazy and stupid. Doesn’t care about National security enough to attend briefings and got an abassador and other American in Libya murdered. He does not care that his pro-Muslim rule of engagment are murdering US soldiers.
The moderator tried to lead him or keep him on message several times.
In the V-ring; one shot, one kill.