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President Joe Biden unexpectedly tore into Fox News reporter Peter Doocy at the end of a meeting with his competition council – calling the reporter a 'stupid son of a b**ch' after he asked a question about inflation.
The president made the comment into a live microphone at the tail end of an event meant to fissure his efforts to address supply chain issues and tackle inflation.
But reporters who listened quietly during the president's remarks wanted to ask about the decision to send thousands of troops to bolster allies on Russia's eastern flank.
When he finished his prepared remarks, several reporters yelled out questions to the president – who was seated across the long East Room of the White House. Biden spoke briefly about his call with European leaders about the Ukraine crisis when asked for an update by CNN's Kaitlan Collins – but first scolded the press.
'The only reason I don't like doing this is you never report on why I've called the meeting. This is really important. I had a very, very, very good meeting. Totally unanimity with all the European leaders. We'll talk about it later,' Biden responded.
President Joe Biden called Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy a 'son of a b**ch' after he asked if inflation was a political liability during the upcoming mid-term elections
Then Doocy, who regularly peppers Biden with shouted questions, asked if he would take an inflation query.
Doocy followed up by shouting at Biden, 'Do you think inflation is a political liability [ahead of the] midterms?' – amid
