Biden knocks CBS reporter for asking question: ‘Why are you the only guy that always shouts out questions?’
President-elect Biden lashed out at a CBS News reporter for trying to ask a query as the press pool was being escorted out of the room.
On Friday, Biden and Vice President-elect Harris met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. to debate a legislative agenda they’d pursue after he’s sworn. Obstacles lie forward for the Democrats with a slimmer majority in the House of Representatives and the chance of remaining in the minority in the Senate.
However, CBS News correspondent Bo Erickson sought to get the former VP on the file about the ongoing battle over colleges being open throughout the coronavirus pandemic amid resistance from lecturers’ unions.
“Mr. Biden, the COVID task force said it’s safe for students to be in class. Are you going to be encouraging unions to cooperate more to bring kids back to classrooms, sir?” Erickson requested.
“Why are you the only guy that always shouts out questions?” Biden responded, sparking laughter from Pelosi.
Erickson was eventually escorted out by Biden’s staff.
Critics piled on the president-elect and praised Erickson for trying to do his job.
“President-Elect Biden asks a very good query – why is @BoIs aware ofNews the only one in the Biden pool tossing questions? Schools, vaccines, stimulus – so many essential q’s for each @SpeakerPelosi & @JoeBiden,” CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid reacted.
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“Shouting questions will once more be deemed a foul, disrespectful factor,” The Hill media columnist Joe Concha predicted.
“A very legitimate and essential query requested in a civil tone…deflected by Biden, who might not have understood it as a result of it wasn’t screened by workers first,” radio host Derek Hunter tweeted.
“Because Bo is attempting to do journalism and far of the remainder of Biden’s press corps are stenographers,” journalist Zaid Jilani reacted.
“As we see many different reporters throw softballs at Biden, reporters that ask powerful questions of either side (like Bo) are going to be much more essential over the subsequent 4 years,” conservative author A.G. Hamilton stated.
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“Good for Bo, additionally the thought that this was a ‘shouted’ query is hilarious,” ABC News correspondent Will Steakin defended his colleague.
“It’s a fantastic query that deserves a solution from Biden,” Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy said.
This wasn’t the first time Biden had an awkward exchange with Erickson. Last month, the then-Democratic nominee lashed out at the CBS reporter for asking him to react to the explosive New York Post report about son Hunter Biden.
“I do know you’d ask it,” Biden fired back. “I’ve no response, it’s one other smear marketing campaign, proper up your alley, these are the questions you always ask.”
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Erickson was certainly one of the only a few members of the mainstream media to ask Biden about his son’s overseas enterprise ties whereas he was vice chairman.
Other reporters masking Biden have lengthy been criticized for asking softball questions at his uncommon press conferences that normally pertain to knocking President Trump as a substitute of grilling the Democrat on urgent topics.
