‘He’s a friend’ Biden says in response to fiery McConnell speech
President Biden appeared unfazed by the fiery criticisms Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leveled against him in a Senate speech Wednesday, HuffPost reports.
HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he saw Biden “standing outside McConnell’s office, meeting with a group of pages” after McConnell’s speech.
“I like Mitch McConnell; he’s a friend,” the president said.
Biden currently standing outside McConnell’s office, meeting with a group of pages.“I like Mitch McConnell, he’s a friend,” he said when asked to respond to McConnell calling his speech “unpresidential”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 12, 2022
According to CNN congressional reporter Ali Zaslav, McConnell said he “did not connect” with Biden when the president stopped by his office but that he didn’t care to at the moment.
“I think I said how I felt about what he did yesterday,” McConnell told reporters.
Biden appeared to briefly step into McConnell’s office, which he happened to be standing near. But McConnell said the two “did not connect” Asked if he planned to talk with Biden today, McConnell replied: I think I’ve said how I felt about what he did yesterday.”
— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) January 12, 2022
McConnell called Biden’s voting rights speech, which the president delivered in Georgia Tuesday, a “rant” that was “incoherent, incorrect,” and “unpresidential.” He accused Biden of making misleading claims about state voting laws, using overblown rhetoric, undermining confidence in American elections, seeking to steamroll Congress, and betraying his promise to unify the nation.
“[Biden’s campaign slogan] ‘Restoring the soul of America’ has become this: ‘Agree with me, or you’re a bigot,'” McConnell said. “I’ve known, liked, and personally respected Joe Biden for many years. I did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday.”
In his speech, Biden urged Congress to pass two federal voting rights bills that would supercede a wave of red-state election laws he referred to as “Jim Crow 2.0.”
He also called for Senate rules to be changed to eliminate the filibuster and allow voting rights legislation to pass with 50 votes rather than the 60 currently required.
President Biden appeared unfazed by the fiery criticisms Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leveled against him in a Senate speech Wednesday, HuffPost reports. HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he saw Biden “standing outside McConnell’s office, meeting with a group of pages” after McConnell’s speech. “I like Mitch McConnell; he’s a friend,”…
President Biden appeared unfazed by the fiery criticisms Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leveled against him in a Senate speech Wednesday, HuffPost reports. HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he saw Biden “standing outside McConnell’s office, meeting with a group of pages” after McConnell’s speech. “I like Mitch McConnell; he’s a friend,”…