(CNN) 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.
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.
Fox 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?"
"It's a great asset -- more inflation," Biden deadpanned. "What a stupid son of a bitch."
Doocy said on Fox late Monday evening that Biden called his phone shortly after their exchange to apologize for his remark. "Within about an hour of that exchange, he called my cell phone and he said, 'It's nothing personal, pal,'" Doocy said.
perryw on January 25th, 2022 at 03:16 UTC »
Apparently not the first time a politician has made fun of him. Here's McCain in 2017, but more to his face https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1425548700579938313
NemWan on January 25th, 2022 at 02:31 UTC »
This kind of gaffe does no damage whatsoever. During the 2000 campaign, Bush and Cheney had a hot mic when Bush called a NYT reporter a "major league asshole" and Cheney agreed, "big time". Never apologizing, Bush only said, "I'm a plainspoken fellow."
lifejustice on January 25th, 2022 at 01:05 UTC »
Sounds like the reporter and staff were light hearted about it. "Nobody has fact-checked him, so it must be true!"