Biden, wearing a blue and white striped shirt, could be seen shaking hands with Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy, who wore a bucket hat and sunglasses, and the audio first captured Murphy thanking Biden for making the trip. The visit was to view the damage left by hurricane Ian and to see efforts the state has made in cleaning it up—So basically a photo-op.
“Thanks for everything,” he said. “Thanks for coming down, we appreciate it.”
The next few comments were unintelligible, but after a moment, Biden laughs, “No one f***s with a Biden.”
“You’re God damn right,” Murphy laughed.
“And you can’t argue with your brothers outside the house,” Biden replied then, to which the mayor said, “That’s exactly right, that’s exactly right.”
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It didn’t take Twitter long to shred Joe. The post had a few thousand views right away and here are a few note-worthy comments ripping Biden’s ‘no body Fs with a Biden’ comment apart:
“LOL, except OPEC, Saudis, Russia, China, and DJT,” @RDog861 tweeted.
“Except the Taliban,” came from @JTlol.
“Except for China … and Russia … and Ukraine … And anyone else who paid them. But away from that, sure,” Jeff Carlson tweeted.
“CCP, Russia, N Korea, OPEC & inflation could not be reached for comment,” @LibertyLockPod remarked.
“Hunter’s entire laptop begs to differ,” radio host Vince Coglianese asserted.
Just before this sticky hot mic moment, Biden was praising Florida Govenor Ron DeSantis saying that he’s done a ‘remarkable job’ recovering his state in the wake of a catastrophic hurricane. Then Biden plugged in global warming saying:
“There’s a lot going on and I think the one thing this has finally ended is the question of whether or not there’s climate change and we should do something about it,” Biden said during remarks in Fort Myers, adding the people of Florida have been in his and Jill Biden’s prayers.
“We’re not leaving. We’re not leaving until this gets done. I promise you that,” Biden said.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.