Wednesday in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden appeared to ridicule reporters who screamed questions at him while he spoke with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Biden is recorded on video smiling as he sits with Herzog and faces the daily press pool in this weird moment.
After exchanging a knowing grin with Herzog, he slaps his own knee, looks out at the press, and moves his mouth swiftly to simulate the reporters’ rapid-fire questioning as they continue to spar with the president.
It comes just weeks after Biden complained that the White House press corps is the “only press in the world” to yell questions at their nation’s leader at official ceremonies.
Wednesday in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden appeared to ridicule reporters who screamed questions at him while he spoke with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The episode on Wednesday is the latest instance in which the president has attacked journalists, much like his predecessor President Trump, who once referred to the media as the “enemy of the people.”
When a task force meeting on abortion access was abruptly closed to the press earlier this month, tensions between Biden and reporters rose.
As reporters were escorted out of the room, they barraged the president with questions, many of which concentrated on a 2009 claim that a Republican Senate candidate in Georgia paid for the abortion of an ex-girlfriend.
However, louder than the reporters’ questions was a White House employee shouting and urging the media to leave the room.
“Thank you very much, reporters, we need you to move, thank you”
“Among the only publications in the world to do so. Biden remarked with a grin, “Seriously, seriously”
Biden has a history of arguing with reporters who press him on topics he would prefer avoid.
Biden remarked that the White House press corps is the “only press corps in the world” that yells questions at the nation’s leader during ceremonial ceremonies.
A task force meeting on abortion access was initially accessible to the press, but they were escorted out after a White House official stated the discussion would be closed to the media.
As reporters were escorted out of the room, they barraged the president with questions.
A week ago, Biden made a rare visit to talk with reporters before departing the White House. However, instead of just answering questions, the president berated reporters who inquired about his campaign stops and abortion restrictions.
The president referred to one reporter as a “child” while advising another to “teach” themselves.
Biden ran to the line of reporters awaiting his departure, yelled over the noise of Marine One, and gave reporters short responses.
“Today, John Fetterman will campaign with you in Pennsylvania, but there haven’t been that many other candidates campaigning with you —” Weijia Jiang, a reporter for CBS News, began.
Biden interrupted her and leaned forward, shouting above the noise of Marine One, “That’s not true!”
“There have been fifteen,” he insisted. “Count, youngster!
Biden was then questioned by Pro-life EWTN White House correspondent Owen Jensen if he supported “any restrictions on abortion”
Biden, a devout Catholic, said “Yes, there should be.”
What ought they to be? Jensen advanced.
“The case is Roe v. Wade. Read it, dude! You will be educated,’ declared the president.
Biden called one reporter a ‘kid’ and encouraged another to ‘educate’ themselves on Roe v. Wade as he departed the White House last week in response to reporters’ inquiries.
As he left for a stop with Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, Biden dashed over to reporters for some terse responses.
Last month, when discussing the reaction to Hurricane Ian at the FEMA headquarters, a reporter asked, “How would you define your connection and dialogue with Governor DeSantis?”
Biden replied, “It’s completely irrelevant, but I’ll respond.” Okay. If I verified, he gave me a compliment. He praised me for the prompt response we received.
In July, he was questioned by a reporter about analysts who stated that a recession is “more likely than before.”
Not the majority of them are expressing this opinion. Come on, don’t make something up,’ Biden replied.
In January, Biden was overheard on a hot mic calling Peter Doocy of Fox News a “dumb son of a whore” for asking if inflation is a “political problem” for Democrats in the midterm elections.
In the same month, Biden chastised Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich for asking a’stupid question’ about why he was waiting for Vladimir Putin to make the ‘first step’ in a prospective invasion of Ukraine.
And in June 2021, when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Vice President Biden why he felt his summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva productive, he lashed out at her, telling her, “If you don’t grasp that, you’re in the wrong business.” He apologized later.
Biden yelled in the crowded auditorium during the 2021 conference at the press, notably CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins.
On November 1, Biden will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist in his effort to unseat Republican incumbent Ron DeSantis.
Uncertainty surrounds Biden’s influence on voters in the midterms, as his approval rating hovers in the low 40s and polls consistently indicate that Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and trust Republicans more than Democrats in Congress to address economic issues such as inflation and unemployment.
Former President Barack Obama is also on the campaign trail this month, aiming to ride on his coattails in the midterm elections.
The 44th president will visit Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan later this month, as well as Nevada on November 1 — exactly one week prior to Election Day.