Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked President Joe Biden questions about inflation on Monday afternoon at a White House event, and instead of answering, the commander-in-chief, while shaking his head, muttered, “What a stupid son of a b*tch.” It was unclear if Biden knew his mic was still live.
“Do you think inflation is a political liability…in the midterms?” Doocy reportedly asked Biden, according to Deadline. “That’s a great asset. More inflation,” Biden preluded the sarcastic reaction. Biden’s scathing statements were heard when masked members of the press, including Doocy, were ushered out of the room.
Reacting to the viral clip making its rounds in the media, CNN’s Jake Tapper said that Biden’s hot mic moment “seemed a little bit more blatant.”
“The microphone was literally right in front of him,” Tapper laughed on the left-wing network. “It’s not as though he was walking in the back room and he forgot he had one clipped on his lapel. It was right in front of him.”
