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Joe Biden’s hilariously brutal shutdown of this reporter’s question really wasn’t messing around

John Plunkett. Updated July 23rd, 2021

Joe Biden just went viral on Twitter – not a phrase you read every day – with this hilariously brutal takedown of a reporter’s question about the Democratic Party and defunding the police.

The President had just made a late night arrival back at the White House on Marine Force One when he stopped with a quick chat with journalists and by the looks of it he was in no mood for messing around.

Who can he possibly have been talking about? (There’s a handy guide to all things QAnon here, just in case you want a recap).

And the White House had a transcript of the full exchange, just in case anyone missed it.

South Lawn

(July 21, 2021)

THE PRESIDENT: We answered enough questions today. The only reason I’m stopping: I feel badly you’re here this hour of the night.

Q: Mr. President, can you clarify what you said about no — that there’s no — no one in the Democratic Party is anti-police?

THE PRESIDENT: I didn’t say that.

Q: I know that you said you don’t want to defund the police —

THE PRESIDENT: I said that that — that is not the Democratic Party’s position.

Q: Okay.

THE PRESIDENT: I’m the Democratic Party; I am President. So is the Speaker of the House and so is the –- the Majority Leader. We are not the defunding the police.

Q: Okay. And are there people who — in the Democratic Party, who want to defund the police?

THE PRESIDENT: Are there people in the Republican Party who think we’re sucking the blood out of kids?

END

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