President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic talking to Democrats this week about remarks that he made to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The 81-year-old president made the remarks after his State of the Union address while talking to Sen. Michael Bennett (D-CO), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“I told him, Bibi — don’t repeat this — you and I are going to have a come to Jesus meeting,” Biden said.
An aide for Biden rushed in to tell him that he was on a hot mic when he made the remark.
“I’m on a hot mic, well good,” Biden responded. “That was good.”
President Biden: "I told him, Bibi, and don't repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting."
“I’m on a hot mic here. Good. That’s good.” pic.twitter.com/KCgpbx4awf
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“Absolutely pathetic,” said The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro. “Hamas is currently holding six American citizens hostage and Biden is saying he wants to pressure Israel. And that Israel should give the Hamas/PA/Islamic Jihad government a state.”
“I also wonder whether Joe Biden would have a ‘come to Jesus’ talk with, say, Hamas or the PA,” he added. “Or is he too busy telling them how much he respects Ramadan as they fire rockets at civilians?”
Clifford Asness, co-founder of AQR Capital Management, responded to the remarks: “The dems, who have surprised me on the upside on net since Oct 7, are getting closer and closer to going full Hamas. You never go full Hamas.”
“Biden, funds Hamas, smears Bibi, says nothing about his Islamist supporters,” said political commentator Mark Levin.
National Review Senior Writer Dan McLaughlin sarcastically wrote: “Telling Jews to come to Jesus is A+ diplomacy.”
Former U.S. Diplomat Alberto Miguel Fernandez said, “Blinken finds this amusing. Would be good for all of them to ‘come to Jesus,’ including the ghoulish Biden.”