Biden Dunks On Fox News Reporter

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January 27, 2021, 6:58 am

Interactions with the press under President Biden have already taken a decidedly different tone than ones that occurred under former President Trump. 

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For instance, on Tuesday, Biden actually joked with a reporter who asked him a question, rather than launching a campaign calling the media the enemy of the people who are determined to work against him.

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As Biden was leaving a press event, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy shouted out to ask: “Mr. President, what did you talk to Vladimir Putin about?”

Biden’s response?

“You,” he said, prompting laughter. “He sends his best.”

A president with a sense of humor. Love it.

Peter Doocy from Fox News asks Biden what he spoke to Putin about.

Biden’s response: pic.twitter.com/4steGy7gcR

— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) January 26, 2021

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Doocy is new to West Wing, after former correspondent John Roberts left for bigger things at Fox. Some on Twitter have said he was clearly just looking for a “gotcha” moment of some sort from Biden, and he clearly didn’t quite get what he was hoping for.

Lol at the people that consider this a “hard” question. Child’s play. Doocy set himself up to be embarrassed

— Israil Thomas (@keepmoremoney) January 26, 2021

It’s in line with the kind of questioning Doocy has already brought to the table in the days since Biden’s inauguration and his reassignment, so it’s not much of a surprise Biden just played around with him this time.

They are such a sad joke she was too polite . The only time I’ve seen Biden unmasked was when he was outside on the balcony… but what a petty ridiculous straw man . The guy you propped up for four years – death toll is 407 thousand https://t.co/HlsWHiIINx

— John Cusack (@johncusack) January 22, 2021

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I am in Awe,watching POTUS answering all questions with details, 46 even called on the Doocy boy who always give him hard time and took time his to explain the fox reporter’s gotcha question.

— Crown Princess Grace (@POlubunmi) January 25, 2021

If that’s Steve Doocy, he’s not qualified he got the spot b/c of his dad on Fox & friends. He knows damn well there is a ceremony going on & wanted that gotcha point for his buddies to play on for weeks on end. It was a tone deaf question.

— Family Man (@cgilliam97) January 21, 2021

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But mostly, people just loved seeing things kind of go back to business as usual at the White House — including Fox News not being treated as the most serious news organization in the room.

I love watching President Biden and Jen Psaki take stupid questions from Fox News stooge Peter Doocy just so they can dunk on him. It’s the catharsis we all need.

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) January 26, 2021

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The best moment is when both Biden and Psaki play Fox News Peter Doocy like a violin.

— Terence Begley (@TerenceBegleyNJ) January 26, 2021

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Two years from now, we’ll be using the phrase “taking a Doocy.”

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 26, 2021

Doocy later asked the other reporters if this was true and if so does that make him friends with Putin like uncle Donald is.

— Jay Black (@jayblackisfunny) January 26, 2021

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And lest anyone get caught up in worries that Biden is trying to dodge questions the way Trump did, plenty of folks pointed out that there’s already a readout of the conversation between Biden and Vladimir Putin on the White House website.

All the people whining about Biden note answering the question that Doocy asked re: the call with Putin should be aware of the fact that the readout is already on the White House website.

Transparency has been lacking for years and I think people forget that this stuff existed. pic.twitter.com/tM78Wh02I4

— John Spartan (@SpartanResist) January 26, 2021

Transparency AND humor, you love to see it — especially when it’s at the expense of Fox News.

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*First Published: January 27, 2021, 6:58 am