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US PRESIDENT JOE Biden was caught on a live microphone yesterday calling a Fox News journalist a “stupid son of a bitch” on the sidelines of a White House photo op.
As journalists were leaving the room after the event, a reporter from Fox News, the favorite channel of conservatives, asked whether inflation is a political liability.
The Democratic leader, possibly unaware that his microphone was still on, began by deadpanning: “It’s a great asset. More inflation.”
And then muttered, “What a stupid son of a bitch,” before glancing briefly down.
At the end of a Biden photo op, when reporters shouted Q's hoping he'd respond, Fox's Peter Doocy asked, "Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?" Biden deadpanned: "It's a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch." pic.twitter.com/Tt4ZVz5Ynj
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 24, 2022
A pool reporter who was in the room at the time admitted to not being able to hear what Biden actually said over the noise.
But he added that he would “direct your attention to video of the event if you are curious how the president really feels about being asked about inflation from Fox’s Peter Doocy.”
Doocy shrugged the insult off in a later interview on Fox.
“Yeah nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it’s not true,” he said, nonchalantly.
Doocy later said that Biden called him within the hour and said: “It’s nothing personal, pal.”
When Biden has gaffed before, the White House has rushed to explain or roll back his comments.
But this time, the White House appeared to have no qualms about owning it, putting out a transcript of the event that included the comment – thereby ensuring it passes into the official historical record.
“Just adds a certain something,” tweeted Katie Rogers, White House correspondent for the New York Times, with a screen grab of the transcript.
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“Biden caught spittin’ facts”. There, fixed your headline :D
@Football in the Groin: Doocey really is the pits. Biden got it spot on.
@Football in the Groin: He insulted his mother ? Strange that only media are allowed insult, mock and do “lies in joke”
Fox “news journalist”, is a bit of a stretch, isn’t it?
@Eamonn Connaghan: who would you class as a journalist? Oliver Darcy? How about the bastion of integrity, Chris Cuomo?
@Peazel: it’s not the personal conduct, it’s the lack of any actual journalism in the typical Fox journalist.
Bring back Trump!
@Carùl O’Hickey: I don’t think anyone would benefit from the orange man child at the helm..
@Carùl O’Hickey: yeah he only mocked disabled journalists and refused to answer questions from the ones who didn’t kiss his @ss
@Carùl O’Hickey: another lost .c.l.o.w.n. who fell off the circus carousel
@Carùl O’Hickey: yes! We need him back to answer the A.G,s questions.
@gordon o loughlin: apart from Putin
There would be uproar on here if it was Trump
@Pól Ó’hAodha: No, No matter who said that about Doocy the reaction would be “Fair point, well made”
@Pól Ó’hAodha: that’s mainly because trump would say that about proper journalists with facts .
If this was Trump the media and commentators would be up in arms and sharing it everywhere.
Not a Trump fan FYI but it’s clear that Biden is struggling in office.
Can become completely non coherent when not working off script and this is a perfect example of it.
@Eamonn Kenny: Not a Trump fan? Yeah right. The Orange Clown jeered at disabled journalists
@Eamonn Kenny: you think Biden is incoherent? Did you miss 4 years of trump? Man never said anything that made sense.
@Bat Collins: no he didn’t, that was debunked years ago. Trump had a habit of mocking anyone who he thought was flustered. There is even an interview when he mocked himself in the same way. By the way that reporter was disgusted that his disability was used in such a way.
@james s: trump had a habit of insulting anyone that he thought he could get away with insulting. And then his ego grew and he realised that as President he could insult the whole nation and nobody was going to stop him. 2020 was only a trial run. 2024 will be where it’s at for him. If he wins he wins and if he looses he’ll say the he won and the election was rigged. Either way expect to see him back in the white house for a long long time
@Eamonn Kenny: do you not think trump and all his lackeys in the right wing media won’t be sharing this everywhere? Fox will have a field day with this, not to mention newsmax and dan bongino and the likes. Was trump ever coherent? He spoke in a series of rambling non-sequiturs usually of no relevance to what he was asked, and if ever quizzed on it, he would either resort to insults, storm off in a huff, or have the journalist removed. he only ever made sense when reading off an autocue.
@Colm O’Leary: Biden has already said that the midterms will be rigged if he doesn’t get his way.
@james s: That journalist wrote many articles about his anger at trump and his attitude not only to him but all people with disabilities.
Just imagine for a second if it was Trump calling a CNN journalist. He would get crucified in seconds.
@John Johnes: like Jim Acosta
@John Johnes: don’t have to imagine. He did. Overtly and deliberately tried to undermine, misdirect and intimidate correspondents that didn’t suit his agenda. Many many times.
@John Johnes:
Forgot about Kovaleski?
Disgraceful
@Seamus Mac: it’s nothing compared to the other clown.
@Seamus Mac:
Yeah, he’s still in the WH press corp after a year of trying to get a ‘gotcha’ to land.
@Seamus Mac: not at all disgraceful, but quite accurate.
@Alan McArdle: doesnt make it right
Poor Joe.. lucky he won’t remember it in the morning
@Mark Hannan: I’m sure the extra 5 million people on health care since he took over from the orange grifter will remember.
@Peter Walsh: Wow, can’t say anything bad about Biden god forbid
Nothing to see here…move on.
@: yes Garda
Biden is correct
Whether the statement was accurate or not what kind of clown says something like that while they are standing at the mic at a press conference. It’s almost like he didn’t know where he was.
@james s: politicians are often stung for this, bush, gordon brown etc.. it’s almost like they are are capable of human error.
@james s: not the first time. If you Google it you can see him on the campaign trail telling a factory worker to f… off when the worker persists with questions about gun laws. A real ignorant s of a b (to use his own language)
@james s: not the first time. If you Google it you can see him on the campaign trail telling a factory worker to f… off when the worker persists with questions about gun laws. Again Biden seems to think he is off air
Remember when John McCain told Doocy to his face how inane his question was so Doocy isn’t the brightest bulb in the box lol..
@Ian O’Donovan: Psaki sends Doocey to the WH hospital every single day and he still comes back for more. No dignity and blissfully unaware he’s a joke.
@Peter Walsh: it seems to be a Republican ‘thing’….
@Peter Walsh: it’s crazy how peoples political leanings really bias them to a rose filtered view of reality. From a neutral perspective Jen ‘circle.back’ Psaki is a joke. She probably sends him to the mental hospital due to her avoidance of answering questions with any real substance
‘Journalist’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Fox news journalist!!!, Do they actually exist?
Brilliant…….. that’s going to put a smile on my face all day!
You wouldn’t see Trump getting caught out on a microphone like this!
@Conor Soden: he’d be caught saying something nice to someone when he thought the mic was turned off, and it would be more of a story.
At least he was honest about it.
He’s the president, he can say what he wants.
Fair comment, that supposed reporter is away with the fairies with his reports.
Like most of them in Fox News.
A simple way to see how bar they are is too get one story and read the different news organisations reports on it.
The headline should be President speaks the truth.
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