“Do you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterms?” Doocy asked, according to the official White House transcript, which included the full exchange.
The president, who is known for having a short temper and not the cleanest of vocabularies during heated moments, spoke right above his microphone. “No, it’s a great asset — more inflation,” Biden said, shaking his head. “What a stupid son of a bitch.”
It didn’t take long for Fox to blast the exchange: “Biden blows up at Peter Doocy,” the chyron read.
Fox’s Jesse Watters, talking to Doocy on air, made a joke of the moment. “Doocy, I think the president’s right. You are a stupid SOB,” he said.
“Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it’s not true,” Doocy quipped.
Last week, Biden took questions from reporters for 111 minutes at the White House, answering on everything from Covid missteps and his Build Back Better agenda to Russia and Ukraine. When it was Doocy’s turn, Biden joked that the reporter always asked him the “nicest questions.”
“I got a whole binder full,” Doocy said.
“I know you do,” Biden said. “None of them make a lot of sense to me.”
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