President Biden admitted to making an awkward hot-mic comment about having a “come to Jesus meeting” with Benjamin Netanyu over the humanitarian situation in Gaza — and said the Israeli Prime Minister is “hurting Israel” by not doing more to protect Palestinian civilians.
President Biden admitted to making an awkward hot-mic comment about having a “come to Jesus meeting” with Benjamin Netanyahu — and said the Israeli Prime Minister is “hurting Israel” by not doing more to protect Palestinian civilians.
Speaking with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart in an interview Saturday, Biden insisted that the puzzling remark he was recorded saying after his State of the Union speech was just a Delaware expression.
“What I meant was it’s an expression used in the southern part of my state, meaning a serious meeting. And it was — I’ve known Bibi for 50 years and he knew what I meant by it,” Biden said, after angrily dodging questions about the comment the day prior.
The president, 81, made the comment about the Jewish state’s head of government while talking with lawmakers following his State of the Union address — asking Sen.
