Conservatives were left puzzled and slammed President Joe Biden after he quipped about Republicans allegedly believing Democrats are “sucking the blood out of kids” during an exchange with a reporter.
“Are there people in the Republican Party who think we’re sucking the blood out of kids?” the president quipped Wednesday in response to a Daily Caller reporter asking him if there are any Democrats who want to defund the police.
The puzzled reporter responded: “I’m not sure.”
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The comment has sparked mockery and condemnation on social media, with many also expressing befuddlement.
“Anyone else concerned how obsessed Joe Biden is with sucking blood out of kids?” attorney Jenna Ellis tweeted in response.
“Love that @ShelbyTalcott was able to get Joe Biden to admit he’s aware people think he drinks the blood of children & the best part is, it was on the tip of his tongue. It’s something he thinks about haha Do you think about this often Joe? LMAO,” commented Elijah Schaffer.
“Yeah, that’s uh…creepy,” Red State wrote in an article concerning the exchange.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates told Fox News he was unfamiliar with a few examples of critics pushing back on Biden’s quip, but added that “Republicans should stop working to defund the police and instead endorse the President’s proposal to allocate hundreds of millions more dollars a year to the COPS program.”
The president’s comment came after he made a similar remark about “sucking the blood of children” during a CNN town hall event hosted by Don Lemon, saying the country needs to “get beyond” such QAnon conspiracy theories.
This is an excerpt from Fox News.
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