![]() ![]() So I think that speaks to his commitment, but I don’t have any more comments on the case.” Psaki, who was being asked about 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s court case against The New York Times, said the President “obviously took a step earlier this year to ensure there couldn’t be a replication of actions that had been taken over prior administrations as it related to journalists. When another Fox White House correspondent, Jacqui Heinrich, asked Biden why he was waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make the first move with Ukraine, he responded under his breath, “What a stupid question.”Įarlier Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during a press briefing that “the President has shown that he respects the value of the freedom of the press.” The President has grown increasingly frustrated when facing tough questions publicly in recent days. Doocy said he told Biden he plans to continue asking him unexpected questions, and that the President responded positively to the comment.ĭoocy had said on Fox earlier Monday that he had asked Biden about inflation because the President, when asked about Russia and Ukraine, said he wouldn’t take any questions that were off-topic.ĭoocy also said other reporters “had to tell me that he said it because I couldn’t hear anything over the shouting from (White House staff telling press to leave the room).” “He cleared the air, and I appreciated it. “Within about an hour of that exchange, he called my cell phone and he said, ‘It’s nothing personal, pal,’” Doocy said. “What a stupid son of a bitch.”ĭoocy said on Fox late Monday evening that Biden called his phone shortly after their exchange to apologize for his remark. ![]() ![]() “It’s a great asset – more inflation,” Biden deadpanned. The President’s profane remark came as reporters were shouting questions while exiting the East Room following a White House Competition Council meeting on efforts to lower prices.įox White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked Biden, “Would you take a question on inflation … ? Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?” President Joe Biden was heard calling a reporter from the Fox channel a “stupid son of a bitch” on a hot microphone following a White House event Monday afternoon. ![]()
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