President Joe Biden is known to throw a tantrum every now and then, especially when he is frustrated or caught off guard by a question or statement. It’s
“You’re full of sh**!” President Joe Biden is known to throw a tantrum every now and then, especially when he is frustrated or caught off guard by a question or statement. It’s a trait we saw throughout the 2020 election, both on the campaign trail and during debates. We saw Biden tell a Michigan autoworker he is “full of sh**” for believing the then-candidate was in favor of gun confiscation. He also flipped at a reporter for asking about Hunter Biden fathering a child while dating his brother’s widow. And who could forget the debate where Biden called Trump a “clown” because he was frustrated about it being “hard to get any word in”? Throughout his nearly 50 years in politics, Biden has produced multiple similarly-fiery moments. Here are a few notable examples of when Joe Biden’s temper got the best of him. 1987: Biden challenges a voter over who has a higher IQ During a 1987 presidential campaign event in Claremont, New Hampshire, Sen. Biden challenged a voter over who had the higher IQ. “What law school did you attend and where did you place in that class?” a person in the crowd asked. Biden quickly responded by listing off his supposed academic accomplishments. “I think I probably have a higher IQ than you, I suspect,” Biden replied to the man. “I went to law school on a full academic scholarship, the only one in my class to have a full academic scholarship. The first year in law school I decided I didn’t want to be in law school and ended up in the bottom two-thirds of my class and then decided I wanted to stay.” According to the then-senator, he returned to law school his second year and eventually graduated in the top half of his class. “I won the international moot court competition. I was the outstanding student in the political science department at the end of my year,” he explained. “I graduated with three degrees from undergraduate school and 165 credits, only needed 123 credits, and I’d be delighted to sit down and compare my IQ to yours if you’d like, Frank.” According to Newsweek, Biden lied about his academic achievements. “On the tape Biden appears hyper, glib, intellectually insecure. But there is another problem: Biden did not go to Syracuse Law School on a ‘full academic scholarship.’ He went on a half scholarship based on financial need,” the outlet reported at the time. “He didn’t finish in the ‘top half’ of his class. He was 76th out of 85. If he won an international moot-court competition, he has inexplicably neglected to list it on his resume. He did not win the award given to the outstanding political-science student at his undergraduate college, the University of Delaware. Finally, he didn’t graduate from Delaware with ‘three degrees,’ but with a single B.A. in political science and history.” At the time, Biden released a statement to The New York Times explaining the discrepancies: I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science. My reference to degrees at the Claremont event was intended to refer to these majors – I said “three” and should have said “two.” With regard to my being the outstanding student in the political science department, my name was put up for that award by David Ingersoll, who is still at the University of Delaware. My recollection is — and I’d have to confirm this — but I don’t recall paying any money to go to law school. I exaggerate when I’m angry but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me. 1994: Biden delivers a speech about the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Judiciary Committee Chairman Joe Biden made a case for the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, a bill he co-authored with former Sen.
