- National security adviser Jake Sullivan fired back Monday when a reporter asked him why President Joe Biden was “yelling and swearing” at staff.
- NBC News said Biden acted when he learned his poll numbers had fallen in the key swing states of Georgia and Michigan because of his handling of the Gaza war.
- Sullivan denied this, telling Fox’s Peter Doocy: “It’s the ‘when did you stop beating your spouse’ question.”
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National security adviser Jake Sullivan fired back Monday when a reporter asked him why President Joe Biden was “yelling and swearing” at staff over slow polling.
Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocy drew attention to an NBC News report which was released on Sunday and which says Biden “started yelling and cursing” when he found out his poll numbers had dropped in Georgia and Michigan because of his handling of the Gaza war.
During Monday’s briefing, Doocy asked Sullivan if Biden’s uproar was caused by “Netanyahu, or by Hamas, or by his poll numbers.”
“It’s the ‘when did you stop beating your spouse’ question,” Sullivan responded. “Because I don’t think he ever did that.”
Despite Doocy’s objections, Sullivan continued, “You’re using that as the premise of your question, which is ‘when he does that,’ I’ve never seen him do that, yell or swear in response to that, so from my point of view, this particular report is not correct.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan fired back Monday when a reporter asked him why President Joe Biden was “yelling and cursing” at staff over slow polling.
NBC’s sources said that during a private meeting at the White House in January, allies informed the president that his numbers had declined in the two important battleground states.
A congressman spoke to network reporters about Biden’s four-letter outburst.
Biden believed he made the right decision in standing with Israel after the brutal October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas, even though the political left was angered by Israel’s response, which left thousands dead. deaths among Palestinian civilians.
“President Biden makes national security decisions based solely on the national security needs of the country – without any other factors,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told the network when asked presented the report.
But Biden faced a portion of Democratic primary voters — including more than 100,000 in Michigan and one in five in Minnesota — choosing “uncommitted” instead, a protest vote against his handling of the situation in Gaza.
NBC’s reporting also shed light on how Biden and his team are trying to manage his other responsibilities as he faces former President Donald Trump for a second time.
Polls show Americans have deep doubts about Biden’s age, 81, and therefore his fitness for office.
President Joe Biden reportedly “started yelling and swearing” when he found out his poll numbers had dropped in Georgia and Michigan, according to an NBC report released Sunday.
The network reported that his advisers gave him conflicting advice on how to counter this.
Some advisers told Biden he needed to walk faster to show vigor, but White House staff were so worried he would stumble again that they began using the shorter steps to board from Air Force One – depriving him of the photo opportunity of waving to the crowds below. from the top of the long staircase.
“He’s probably a little mad at himself for not being more forceful with the staff,” a person familiar with the discussions about Biden’s now frequent use of the short stairs told NBC.
Biden, the network said, privately wonders whether he should trust his political instincts about what his aides have said.
“This man was successful for decades in Congress and became vice president and president,” said a source who previously worked in the administration. “If you try to change the person, you are making a mistake. Let the president go out there and do his thing.