Watch: US President Joe Biden calls reporter 'stupid son of a b****' on hot mic. Find out why
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The incident happened when the president was in the East Room of the White House for a meeting of his Competition Council. The panel is focused on changing regulations and enforcing laws to help consumers deal with high prices. After Biden's remarks, several reporters shouted a number of questions in the room
Troubles seem to find US President Joe Biden’s way nowadays. With tensions rife on several fronts like Ukraine, the president seems to have triggered a row at home too.
While answering a question about inflation on Monday, Biden responded to a Fox News reporter with vulgarity.
The incident happened when the president was in the East Room of the White House for a meeting of his Competition Council.
The panel is focused on changing regulations and enforcing laws to help consumers deal with high prices.
After Biden's remarks, several reporters shouted a number of questions in the room.
Biden heard calling a journalist a "stupid son of a bitch" after question about inflation.
— Ric 🍙 (@RiceKun) January 25, 2022
🇺🇸🗞 Reporter:
— "Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?"
🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden:
— "It's a great asset — more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch." pic.twitter.com/zpIHM9NRSG
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked about inflation. It is at a nearly 40-year high and seems to be hurting the president's public approval badly.
The network, which Doocy works with, has been critical of Biden.
Doocy asked, "Do you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterms?"
President Biden said this about a reporter:
— 🇺🇸🌊Serena Democrat Patriot 🌊🇺🇸 (@USPatriotSerena) January 25, 2022
“What a stupid son of a bitch.”
President Bush and President Obama had enough decency to not use vulgarity unlike Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
I miss the days of having a US president that didn’t lash out like an angry teenager.
Responding with sarcasm, Biden said, "It's a great asset -- more inflation." Then, he shook his head and added, "What a stupid son of a bitch."
If you have any doubt that inflation is a political liability, then you're a stupid son of a bitch who shouldn't be asking the US President questions as a career.
— Extremely Stable Genius (@ProbzNotABot) January 25, 2022
The outrageous comments were captured on video and by his microphone.
Biden is not your favourite dank Youtuber. Calling a journalist a "son of a bitch" was wrong when Trump did it and it is wrong when Biden has done it.The liberals celebrating it as a dunk are showing how partisan their principles are.A sitting US President should show more grace.
— Shehzad Ghias Shaikh (@Shehzad89) January 25, 2022
In a subsequent appearance on his network, Doocy laughed it off and jokingly said, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true."
(With inputs from agencies)