With everything else pretty much taken care of, President Biden got a chance Tuesday to test-drive Ford’s new electric pickup, the F-150 Lightning, through an empty parking lot.
President Biden is currently driving a F-150 Lightning through an empty lot, with a Secret Service agent in the passenger seat. "This sucker's quick," he told reporters. pic.twitter.com/KsVzZiVDB6
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 18, 2021
Reporters learned that that sucker is quick, but Matt Viser says that when reporters asked if he could field a couple of questions about Israel, Biden answered, “No, you can’t.” That is, unless they wanted to pull an Antifa and jump on the hood.
As Biden was test driving a Ford 150, reporters asked if they could inquire about Israel.
“No, you can’t,” he said, via pooler @AlexThomp. “Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it. I’m only teasing.”
Biden said: “Okay, here we go ready?”
And then he floored it.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 18, 2021
Of all the days to make that joke, he picked the absolute worst possible day.
— CLA (@ConservativeLA) May 18, 2021
Interesting look at Biden's vision of American leadership on the world stage.
— Randy Randerson (@Randy_Randers) May 18, 2021
So, @POTUS Biden refused to answer a question about it. Got it.
— Mr. Roscoe 03 (@JamesHAnnis1) May 18, 2021
— Bonnie Taylor-Blake (@btaylorblake) May 18, 2021
Recommended
— Neanderthal Republican (@TruthIsUrgent) May 18, 2021
How refreshing
— rob solo (@robsolo) May 18, 2021
https://twitter.com/CouchKing111/status/1394736704012132356
Hard hitting journalism i see….Imagine the shreiking if Trump had done this…
— SubluxtT77 (@subluxt) May 18, 2021
Hey @oliverdarcy, we still doing that thing where a President threatening a reporter, even in jest, is attempted murder with serious 1st Amendment ramifications that must be discussed for 3 days and dominate your newsletter?
— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) May 18, 2021
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.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 18, 2021
Trump definitely did some trial ballooning by saying things half jokingly but yes, lots of controversies around comments he made were this type of humor that all presidents engage in. https://t.co/oYWiBGhemP
— Noam "MF Blum" (@neontaster) May 18, 2021
I'm trying to recall any comment where Trump came close to saying/joking about mowing down a journalist in a truck for asking a question.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 18, 2021
https://twitter.com/glwg7174/status/1394738555658805248
https://twitter.com/jarvis_best/status/1394737203159257091
But it is the new normal, and everyone seems fine with it.
Let’s focus on the positive here: each of those journalists can now say they know someone who drives a truck.
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) May 18, 2021
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Update:
Here’s video:
ביידן נשאל על ידי העיתונאים אם אפשר לשאול שאלה על ישראל: ממש לא, אלא אם כן תעמדו מול הרכב בזמן שאני לוחץ על דוושת הגז. pic.twitter.com/Q7Nhvrpwqm
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) May 18, 2021
“Biden was asked by reporters if it was possible to ask a question about Israel: Absolutely not, unless you stand in front of the vehicle while I press the accelerator.”
Related:
Biden tells reporters they’re being bad by asking questions he’s not supposed to answer https://t.co/pkkP2g46N2
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 12, 2021
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