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President Biden took a moment to say goodbye attacks on the press during a public event at the White House on Sunday night.
Fox NewsLucas Tomlinson reported that after signing the Social Security Fairness Act into law, Biden answered a few questions from the crowd, prompting the president to take aim at President-elect Donald Trump.
“You still believe he is a threat to democracy?” asked the reporter.
“I think what he did was a real threat to democracy,” Biden replied.
US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Security Fairness Act into law at the White House in Washington, DC on January 5, 2025. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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After responding to accusations that Trump plans to end birthright citizenship, Biden switched the subject to attacking journalists.
“I may be the oldest president, but I know more world leaders than any of you have ever met in your damn life!” Biden said.
Some X users quickly blasted the comment.
“He’s good guys,” joked journalist Salena Zito.
Conservative communicator Steve Guest commented: “What a bitter person.”
“This is Washington cred in a nutshell. Politicians become ‘qualified’ just by existing. It doesn’t matter that Biden is an abject failure and the worst foreign policy figure in American history. Look, he knows a lot of people, and that’s all that matters,” the RedState writer wrote Bonchie.
Conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings quipped, “The most decent, pious, devout Catholic president we’ve ever had.”
Biden has attacked the press throughout his tenure, sometimes attacking journalists themselves.
In November Biden mocked the reporter asking him if he could broker a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel before leaving office.
“President Biden, do you think we can reach a hostage deal by the end of your term?” asked the Israeli Channel 13 correspondent.
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Biden responded, saying: “Do you think you can stop the camera behind you from hitting you in the head?”
Biden has a history of insulting the media during public events. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Images)
In 2022, he went so far as to call Fox News’ Peter Doocy “stupid bitch—-” after he raised a question about whether inflation would be considered a political commitment ahead of the midterms. Doocy said Biden later called him to “clear the air,” claiming the comments were “nothing personal.”
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