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Joe Gets Testy: MIA Biden Questioned About Absence on Hurricane Response, 'It's Called a Telephone!' [Watch]

By Eric Bolling Staff

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on September 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. Authorities face challenges delivering supplies to isolated, flood-ravaged areas in the Southeastern United States as the death toll from Hurricane Helene climbs to nearly 100. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

President Biden had a testy exchange with reporters on Monday after he was asked about monitoring the impact of Hurricane Helene from his beach home in Delaware — not the White House.

“Why weren’t you and Vice President Harris here in Washington commanding this weekend?” a journalist asked Biden, 81, at the White House.

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“I was commanding it. I was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before as well. I commanded it,” the president replied.

“It’s called a telephone,” he further snapped.

From The New York Post:

[Biden] spoke at the White House about the disaster amid reports that more than 100 people may have died as a result of Hurricane Helene — most of them in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Biden said Monday that seeking recovery funds from Congress “is something I may have to request” — after saying the opposite on Sunday as he returned to Washington.

“Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?” a journalist asked Biden at Dover Air Force Base over the weekend.

“It’s a tragedy … We’ve given them all that, everything that we have. We’re on the ground ahead of time. So we’re working hard,” Biden replied.

“Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?” a reporter followed up.

“No, we’ve given them — we preplanned a significant amount of it,” he said.

More over at The NewYork Post:

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