Biden Apologizes to Peter Doocy But Hot Mic Gaffe Makes it into White House Transcript

[George II]

Source: Newsweek

President Joe Biden apologized after calling Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a "stupid son of a b****" on a hot microphone during a meeting about inflation.

Biden met with administration officials Monday afternoon to discuss solutions to deal with the high inflation many in the United States continue to grapple with. Reporters were allowed in the room for the meeting, and several lobbed questions to Biden at the end of it.

Doocy pressed Biden on whether or not he believes inflation will be a "political liability in the midterms."

"It's a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a b****," Biden sarcastically quipped, not appearing to intend for the remark to be heard by others.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/did-biden-know-his-mic-was-hot-when-he-called-foxs-peter-doocy-stupid-sob-1672446

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I wish he hadn't, but Biden is a bigger man than any republican.

[LoisB]

1. That's too bad. I certainly would not have.

[ColinC]

2. It just makes me like him more, honestly.

Truth is, Biden has always been the one to actually "say it as it is."

[George II]

17. I agree. How many times has TFG said the same thing and then doubled down? Too many.

[ColinC]

19. Exactly

[monkeyman1]

3. mine would be 10x worse & would have meant every word !!

[no_hypocrisy]

4. "I'm sorry . . . . that you're a stupid son-of-a-bitch."

[Phoenix61]

10. Yep! nt

[Lulu KC]

35. LOL

Thanks.

[Lunabell]

5. Those kkkrap mongers will grab this and run with it.

After all the shit tfg spewed. Fuck those racist pieces of hypocritical douche bags!!!


Aaaaarg!

[agingdem]

8. who gives a damn what they say...

the upside.."'stupid sonofabitch" ran on a never-ending loop..it served it's purpose...Peter Doocy..a punch line on every late night tv talk show...

[madaboutharry]

6. Biden always takes the high road.

I guess that is one of the reasons I love him.

I would have a hard time apologizing to a twit like Doocy, especially since it is factually true that he is a stupid sob.

[VarryOn]

7. The press need to be more respectful of the office...

I long for the days of only ABC, NBC, CBS and the AP. Sam Donaldson, that a-hole, started the whole decent...

[heckles65]

9. Stupid sons of bitches worldwide

have been insulted by the comparison.

[Traildogbob]

11. 10 years

Lawrence O’Donnell been waiting on trump apology from trump calling him the dumbest man on TV for saying trumps Obama born in Kenya a lie, (bull shit would have been
More factual) fuck Dooooosheee. But Good on Biden taking the high road. And, it’s out there and damn funny. Fucking snow flake GQP.

[Marcuse]

12. Did he also apologize to Steve Doocy for calling him the b-word?

[orleans]

13. here's a link to the hill (i think newsweek is paywalled so i didn't bother to click)

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/591158-fox-news-reporter-says-biden-called-him-after-son-of-a-b

has pieces of doocy on hannity, describing the call biden made to his cell phone

[onetexan]

14. If the label fits...?

im with MoJoe

[BunnyMcGee]

15. It's a nice change from before (TFG)...

Truthful statement from the President

[MurrayDelph]

16. Presidents should never apologize

for telling the truth.

[TheRealNorth]

20. Not sure why the media is making such a big deal about it....

I thought they like their Pols "plainspoken". Or is that just an excuse for whenever a Republicans gets caught swearing?

[calimary]

21. But Steve Doocy IS a stupid son of a bitch.

All President Biden was doing was stating fact.

[MichMan]

32. Steve Doocy wasn't even there, it was his son Peter

[kirby]

37. Son of an asshole n/t

[Traildogbob]

22. Gotta admit

The two boys Momma Dooooosee unloaded on America kinda makes her look like a bitch. Just sayin. Hope there are no more.

[Gore1FL]

23. He shouldn't need to apologize for scoring a direct hit.

if anything, he should be commended.

[DallasNE]

24. While I Fully Expected Inflation In Areas

Affected by the supply chain problems I did not expect the inflation to broaden out as it apparently has. On the other hand, that was based on the vaccinations bringing Covid under control but because prolonging Covid could prolong the inflation challenge. Corporate earnings are expected to come out shortly and if they are strong, it would suggest some price gouging has taken over. Indeed, within the last 10 days or so I have seen bananas go from 38 cents a pound to 72 cents a pound. Inflation is too hot to be driven by either demand pull or cost push except in sectors such as chips manufacturing. It is more like expectations are driving this rather than actual market conditions.

[Orrex]

26. That's an interesting take on President Biden's apology

[Orrex]

25. Well, I'm sorry that Doocy is a stupid son of a bitch.

[cadoman]

27. I just don't care

But I guess a simple apology is probably the best way of moving on from it. Biden's been around too long to let a guy like Doocy get his goat.

[JohnnyRingo]

28. Doocy asks rude pointless questions. Last week he wanted to know...

...why Joe Biden is taking the country so far to the left?

Of course it wasn't even a question, it was an ignorant statement by a stupid son of a bitch.

[dchill]

29. How do YOU define "pearls before swine?"

[BlueIdaho]

30. Regardless

Doozy is a stupid son of a bitch or at least he plays the part of a useful idiot on tv. Regardless, the President did what all people should do if they have behaved badly. Stand up and apologize. That is about our President’s character - it’s not about that complete shit Peter Doocy.

[myohmy2]

31. I'll bet...

...Joe had his fingers crossed behind his back when he apologized...

...Joe should call out every republican son of a bitch then apologize...

...people will remember the right-wing prick getting smacked but will forget the apology...

...it looks 'presidentially' strong...

[Alien Life Form]

33. Independent fact checkers

have checked Bidens statement and found it 100% correct..

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. I'm sorry that a stupid station like Fox hires morons like Doocy.

[packman]

36. Let us count the many, many times Trump apologized for his insults -----------------------