Biden calls Fox News press reporter Peter Doocy ‘a foolish child of a bitch’

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Biden calls Fox News reporter Peter Doocy 'a stupid son of a bitch'

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WASHINGTON– President Joe Biden called Fox News White House press reporter Peter Doocy “a stupid son of a bitch” Monday on a live microphone, after Doocy asked Biden whether inflation was a political liability for him.

The spoken slip occurred throughout a White House occasion on Biden administration efforts to fight inflation. After the president grumbled that all journalism concerns had to do with the military accumulation around Ukraine, Doocy screamed: “Will you take questions about inflation? Do you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterms?”

Thinking his microphone was shut off, Biden reacted sardonically: “No, that’s a great asset. More inflation.”

He included, “What a stupid son of a bitch.”

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Doocy appeared on Fox News after his exchange with Biden, where “The Five” co-host Jesse Watters joked with his coworker: “I think the president’s right. You are a stupid S.O.B.”

A smiling Doocy played along, “Yeah no one’s fact-checked [Biden] yet and stated it’s not real.”

On the program “Special Report,” when host Bret Baier asked Doocy about the “colorful exchange” with the president, Doocy responded: “He didn’t want to take any questions off-topic. He was at an event about inflation. I asked about inflation. Now wait to see if the White House has to bleep that on the transcript.”

Baier then asked: “What did the other reporters say about that? Did you talk with them?” Doocy responded: “They actually had to tell me he had said it, because I couldn’t hear anything over the shouting of the wranglers. So now the clip will live on.”

Doocy stated later on Monday night that Biden called him later on in the afternoon to excuse the remark. The White House did not react to CNBC’s ask for remark.

Doocy frequently baits Biden throughout press occasions, yelling over other press reporters and attempting to capture the president off guard.

Biden has a long record of swearing on hot microphones, so the remarks were not totally out of character.

In 2010, Biden was notoriously captured cursing when commemorating the passage of the Affordable Care Act with then-President Barack Obama.

With inflation at levels not seen in years, the White House has actually had a hard time in current months with how to interact with the general public about the efforts it is making to assist bring rates down long term. In the short-term there is little that Biden, or any president, can do to reverse macroeconomic patterns like increased customer need and supply chain snarls in Asia.