The White House on Friday declined to respond to Sen. John McCain’s decision to blame President Obama’s foreign policy decisions for the deadly Orlando terrorist attack, and instead said the administration won’t be “distracted by small things” when it’s trying to protect the country.

It was the same quote White House press secretary Josh Earnest used earlier in the week when asked to react to Donald Trump’s criticism that the president “doesn’t get it” and may be complicit in the Orlando attacks.