Biden's 2-Word Reaction To Reporter's Question About Trump Has People Howling
Social media users were very amused by President Joe Biden’s fed-up reaction to a reporter’s silly question about Donald Trump.
Biden held a press conference at the White House on Wednesday about Hurricane Milton ahead of its landfall in Florida. During his remarks, he denounced his predecessor for spreading “irresponsible” lies about the government’s response to Hurricane Helene.
“Sir, have you considered calling him and asking him to stop doing that?” a reporter asked, referring to Trump’s spread of misinformation about the deadly storms.
“Oh, c’mon,” Biden muttered wearily before moving along to another question.
Reporter: Have you considered calling Trump and telling him to stop?
Biden: pic.twitter.com/0FKKPzeNfT— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Trump has shown time and time again that simply “asking him to stop” doing something will have little to no effect.
He’s added fuel to the fire during numerous crises over the years, derailing authorities’ efforts to keep public safety messaging on track by throwing a muddle of misinformation into the mix. He did this even when it was his own government attempting to keep the public informed, adding substantial chaos to the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and other disasters.
Attempting to correct Trump or do the right thing often resulted in further disruption.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the Republican nominee has been characteristically unhelpful, spreading falsehoods and politicizing the disaster to attack Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Many social media users found Biden’s reaction to the question relatable, to say the least. See some of the tweets about it below.
Joe Biden is all of us. https://t.co/NegIYiLxpJ
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) October 10, 2024
We get it, Joe. We get it. https://t.co/W5YDkceVM9
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) October 9, 2024
My new look when somebody ask me a dumb ass question 💀 pic.twitter.com/bv4Qa7NptJ
— Oz (@weedNYtwine) October 9, 2024
Exact same reaction as me. https://t.co/ybCOrVxnFh
— Jack 🥥🌴 (@jayhawkjack) October 10, 2024
Imagine being able to ask the President any question you can as hurricanes devastate parts of the US and you ask him to babysit a 78-year-old narcissistic, serial lying deplorable.
So many journalists are failing this moment. https://t.co/OtDBij7YH5— Denise Shearin 🌊 🗳 (@DeniseShearin) October 10, 2024
Biden is low-key one of the funniest presidents we’ve ever had https://t.co/d7ZmAfsTdN
— 💉Josh RooOOoobin, MD 🩺 (@DrSandman11) October 9, 2024
Please this is too funny https://t.co/MRHMBAIfuQ
— Kaiser@Celebitchy (@KaiseratCB) October 10, 2024
We should not have to have someone call someone running for president to ask him to stop fucking lying, we deserve so much better than this https://t.co/IvCEKFvPkb
— lacey 🤍 hates it here ⸆⸉ (@stateoflace13) October 9, 2024
The sound of a man who's F's have all been given https://t.co/zQ7LweV2Cd
— John Christman (@jchristman58) October 10, 2024
Joe Biden’s response here legitimately made me laugh out loud but boy howdy, depressing as hell that an ostensibly professional journalist’d posit a query that mindnumbingly braindead & tone-deaf in the 1st place AND be granted the opportunity to ask it of the President directly. https://t.co/CvZVpYyDea
— Lance Goin (@AmayaLancelot) October 10, 2024