'I'm only teasing' Biden jokes about running over a reporter
Channel: The OverSeaNews
Date: 2021-05-19

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'I'm only teasing' Biden jokes about running over a reporter
President Joe Biden was slammed after joking about running over a journalist who wanted to ask him a thorny question about Israel. 
While test-driving the Ford F-150 Lightning at the carmaker's factory in Dearborn, Michigan, Biden pulled up alongside a group of reporters to show off his driving skills. 
'Mr. President, can I ask you a quick question on Israel before you drive away since it's so important?' a reporter asked.
'No you can't. Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it,' Biden replied.
His remarks were blasted on Twitter by political observers who said if his predecessor Donald Trump had said the same thing he would have been vilified.
Former Nevada GOP Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian said: 'Joe Biden just threatened to run a reporter over with a car for wanting to ask a question about Israel. 
'If President Trump had done this, he would have been impeached. Jokingly or not, this rhetoric is completely unbecoming of the President.'
Conservative podcast host Stephen L Miller wrote: 'Biden joking about running down a reporter for asking about Israel in an F-150 truck is a pretty good tell about just how performative the 'how dare he' fainting spells of the past 4 years actually were.'
'While America's most important Middle East ally is under attack, Joe Biden threatened to run over a reporter for asking a question about it,' National Republican Senatorial Committee campaign worker Jonathan Turcotte said. 
'And this is the takeaway from the totally unbiased media. What a joke.'
Biden was at the famous factory Tuesday to test drive Ford's first electric truck during a stop in Michigan on Tuesday to tout his infrastructure plan.
Steve Guest, an advisor to Sen. Ted Cruz, said: 'This would be a five-alarm fire of a news cycle if Joe Biden was a Republican and said this to a reporter.'
Tom Elliott, founder of Gabrien, mocked journalists who hyped the threat to media during Trump's presidency, writing: 'This is a terrifying threat against America's free press and I trust impeachment proceedings will soon follow. cc @brianstelter @Acosta.'
Biden capped his visit to the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn with a surprise stop to speed his way around the test track.