Joe Biden was caught on camera trying to avoid a question about the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict by threatening to murder a reporter.
Joe Biden was test-driving the new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, a reporter asked if she could ask him “a quick question on Israel… since it’s so important?”
His response was concerning. “No you can’t,” the obviously senile commander-in-chief responded. “Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it.”
Biden of course claimed that he was “only teasing,” but quickly raced away on the Michigan race track to avoid answering the question.
The question is, which is more concerning: the fact that the senile old man was allowed to drive a car, or his “joke”?
The internet firestorm began almost immediately, with many people pointing out the double standard of how Donald Trump was savaged for making jokes, while Joe Biden will likely get away with it.
Former Trump social media director Mike Hahn tweeted:
REPORTER: “Mr. President, can I ask you a quick question on Israel before you drive away since it’s so important?”
BIDEN: “No you can’t. Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it.”
If Trump said this, even as a joke, he’d be impeached & Brian Stelter would cry.
REPORTER: "Mr. President, can I ask you a quick question on Israel before you drive away since it’s so important?"
BIDEN: "No you can’t. Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it."
If Trump said this, even as a joke, he'd be impeached & Brian Stelter would cry. pic.twitter.com/1b20M2rWdW
— Mike Hahn (@mikehahn_) May 18, 2021
“Biden joking about running down a reporter for asking about Israel in an F-150 truck is a pretty good tell about just how performative the ‘how dare he’ fainting spells of the past 4 years actually were,” conservative podcast host Stephen L. Miller said.
Biden joking about running down a reporter for asking about Israel in an F-150 truck is a pretty good tell about just how performative the "how dare he" fainting spells of the past 4 years actually were.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 18, 2021
“Joe Biden just threatened to run a reporter over with a car for wanting to ask a question about Israel. If President Trump had done this, he would have been impeached. Jokingly or not, this rhetoric is completely unbecoming of the President,” former Nevada GOP Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian tweeted.
In a subsequent tweet, Tarkanian reminded White House press secretary Jen Psaki of a recent statement she made about the “paramount responsibility” of “ensuring the safety and security of journalists” covering the Israel-Hamas conflict, writing: “Jen might want to remind her boss of this tweet as he’s talking casually about running reporters over with pickup trucks.”
Jen might want to remind her boss of this tweet as he’s talking casually about running reporters over with pickup trucks. pic.twitter.com/PLB3aZyy0V
— ⭐️Amy Tarkanian⭐️ (@MrsT106) May 18, 2021
Not only were people angered by his threat, many also brought up the fact that Biden has chosen to avoid answering questions about a very serious foreign policy issue.
“While America’s most important Middle East ally is under attack, Joe Biden threatened to run over a reporter for asking a question about it,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee campaign worker, Jonathan Turcotte.
He also noted that mainstream media coverage of the event only focused on Biden’s excitement about driving the truck, calling the coverage “a joke.”
While America's most important Middle East ally is under attack, Joe Biden threatened to run over a reporter for asking a question about it.
And this is the takeaway from the totally unbiased media.
What a joke. pic.twitter.com/JPAQ7TBXXc
— Jonathan Turcotte (@Turcotte_JPT) May 18, 2021
“Lot of things happened today, but worth revisiting the fact that Joe Biden was asked if he could answer a question about the Israel-Hamas conflict and his response was to say no, joke that he’d run the reporter over with a truck, and drive off,” conservative journalist Jerry Dunleavy wrote.
lots of things happened today, but worth revisiting the fact that joe biden was asked if he could answer a question about the israel-hamas conflict and his response was to say no, joke that he'd run the reporter over with a truck, and drive off.
— Jerry Dunleavy ???????? (@JerryDunleavy) May 19, 2021
