Jake Sul­li­van com­pares ques­tion on Biden swear­ing to ask­ing ‘When did you stop beat­ing your spouse’

White House nation­al secu­ri­ty advis­er Jake Sul­li­van hit back at the basis of a reporter’s ques­tion, char­ac­ter­iz­ing it as a “‘When did you stop beat­ing your spouse’ ques­tion.”
At a White House press con­fer­ence, the jour­nal­ist asked about a report that Pres­i­dent Joe Biden was pri­vate­ly act­ing bel­liger­ent­ly due to poor polling and vot­ers’ dis­agree­ments with his han­dling of the war in Gaza.

White House nation­al secu­ri­ty advis­er Jake Sul­li­van lis­tens to a ques­tion from a reporter dur­ing a press brief­ing at the White House in Wash­ing­ton, Mon­day, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

“There’s a report that when Pres­i­dent Biden was told his han­dling of the war between Israel and Hamas was start­ing to affect his poll num­bers, the quote is, ‘he began to shout and swear,’” the reporter began. “So when he does that, is he shout­ing and swear­ing about Netanyahu, or about Hamas, or about his poll num­bers?”
Sul­li­van hit back at the premise of the ques­tion, and said he nev­er saw Biden do as the report sug­gest­ed.
“This is the ‘When did you stop beat­ing your spouse’ ques­tion because I don’t think he ever did that,” he respond­ed, to which the reporter replied, “Excuse me?”
Sul­li­van con­tin­ued: “You use that as the premise of your ques­tion, which is when he does that, he … I’ve nev­er seen him do that — shout or swear in response to that. So, from my per­spec­tive, that par­tic­u­lar report is not cor­rect.”

Q: When Biden was told his han­dling of the war between Israel and Hamas was start­ing to affect his poll num­bers, he “began to shout and swear.” What’s he shout­ing and swear­ing about…?JAKE SULLIVAN: “This is the ‘when did you stop beat­ing your spouse’ question…“Q: “Excuse… pic.twitter.com/ylxg6bABCT
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 18, 2024

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