Joe Biden found himself in hot water after his microphone appeared to pick up an insult directed at Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy at a White House press event on Monday.
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- As reporters were being escorted from the room in which the event was held, Doocy, 34, yelled out: “Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?”
- Upon hearing Doocy’s question, Biden who was seemingly unaware that his mic was still on — can be heard saying in a low voice, “That’s a great asset more inflation. What a stupid son of a b—-.”
- Fellow Fox News anchors, including Tucker Carlson and Tomi Lahren, were quick to call out Biden, 79, for his choice words against Doocy, with Lahren issuing harsh words of her own to the President about his relationship with the press on Twitter.
- Appearing on Hannity after the exchange took place, Doocy told the longtime Fox News anchor that Biden reached out to him on his cell phone “within about an hour of that exchange” to talk through what happened.
- “He said, ‘It’s nothing personal, pal,’ ” Doocy told Sean Hannity. “And we went back and forth, and we were talking about just kind of moving forward, and I made sure to tell him that I’m always gonna try to ask something different than what everybody else is asking. And he said, ‘You got to.’ And that’s a quote from the president, so I’ll keep doing it.”
SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS
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