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A man accosted President Joe Biden during a stop at the Honey Hut ice cream shop in Cleveland, Ohio. The Trump supporter hurled racist and antigay slurs at the president and members of the press traveling with him.
F*ck you, motherf*ckers!
c*cksuckers! the man screamed according to reports from the locally owned business. The angry person also repeatedly yelled slurs for Black and gay people at the press and White House staff, the pool reporter noted.
The president chatted up staff and supporters and took questions from the press while making the unexpected stop. With Republicans opposing a commission that would look into the January insurrection at the Capitol, he was asked about the upcoming vote and the GOPs attempt to block it.
What advice would he give the Republicans?
Try the chocolate chocolate chip.
Biden ordered chocolate chocolate chip and butter pecan ice cream at the shop.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/trump-supporter-screams-racist-antigay-slurs-joe-biden-ice-cream-shop/
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)He just doesn't give a shit.
Ziggysmom
(3,408 posts)After seeing that, I need some!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)that's a fine looking cone he has there - and chocolate chocolate chip would be at the top of my list.
I'm nowhere near Ohio but I have a few places I can stop on my way home from work tonight lol. My daughter's birthday is this weekend so that's a good enough excuse to veer wildly off my diet.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)Excellent choice, Mr. President. Excellent choice.
PatSeg
(47,482 posts)And he knows a whole lot more than some freak screaming slurs at him in an ice cream shop. I'd say there probably isn't a whole lot that Joe Biden has not seen or heard, so it is probably easy for him to let a lot of it just slide off. The exceptions might be anything cruel or very personal.
In his mind, he could be thinking, "Hey Jack, I'm President and you're not." Ever since he became president, he has been extraordinarily cool and collected.
NJCher
(35,679 posts)It probably is, his having been in public life so long.
But I am appalled at what these people who work on our behalf are having to endure just because of their political position. Would any one of us put up with this kind of stuff at work? Having people yell ugly things at us in public?
Having some moron yell at you through your office letterbox? Having someone stalk you down the hallways, challenging your loyalty to the country? (AOC)
Having your life threatened (Nancy Pelosi) by trump supporters gone amok in your place of work? Having some slob sit in your assistant's chair with his feet on the desk?
It's bad enough that republicans are intractable and completely unwilling to work on any project that benefits the American public, and all because they are so petty that they don't want Democrats taking credit for anything that's a popular program. That alone would take a good deal of satisfaction out of the work. If there's no satisfaction, what is there?
At some point good public representatives are going to say they've had enough and will no longer put up with this abuse. That will be a bad development for all of us on the left side of the spectrum.
PatSeg
(47,482 posts)and though Biden has learned to bite his tongue and take things in stride, I'm sure it infuriates his wife and children. Of course, as calm as he often appears, that may not be how he feels inside. Being President of the United States is a unique position and a president does not have the luxury of reacting like the average person.
I agree, the abuse and continuous threats are outrageous. Living with that hanging over you and your family every day must be a nightmare. They don't get enough credit for what they endure probably because they are politicians and aren't seen as brave public servants.
I think most republican politicians live in fear of another FDR and they've maligned every Democratic presidential candidate since The New Deal. They don't want to be a permanent minority again. Being "losers" is a far worse prospect than doing beneficial things for the people and the country they serve. They even tried to paint Reagan as their party's answer to FDR, JFK, and LBJ, but let's face it, their heroes really suck. So they just rewrote history and magically transformed Reagan into some mythological saint. Many of us remember him and don't recognize this fictional version they are selling.
sheshe2
(83,785 posts)NewDayOranges
(692 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,050 posts)His timing is lightning quick and he always brings the funny.
One of my favorite examples was when candidate Biden was preparing to name his VP. Hes riding his bike with his family and goes past a Fox reporter who asks him whos going to be your VP pick? Joe smiles, while peddling and driving his bike and says you are. The Fox reporter then reported that he is the VP pick.
sheshe2
(83,785 posts)Thanks for the VP pick remark ...I missed that one! 🤣
WA-03 Democrat
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sheshe2
(83,785 posts)Hysterical!
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)I don't think I'd like to be on the receiving end of his wrath should he ever lose his temper.
I'm a lot like Joe. I have a sense of humor that stretches far and wide, but when pushed beyond those boundaries I'm..........not nice, and I will fuck your shit up, to put it mildly.
PatSeg
(47,482 posts)Being he is such a nice guy as a rule, his temper is far more effective.
homegirl
(1,429 posts)Me too!
PatSeg
(47,482 posts)he was walking away from the podium and Fox's Peter Doocy asked him what he discussed with Putin in a recent phone call and Biden responded, "You. He sends his best." He didn't miss a beat, great timing.
He has a great sense of humor though now and then it gets him in trouble. Too often the media takes it literally or twists it to mean something it doesn't, so they can keep calling him a "gaffe machine", a reputation that was largely created by the media to begin with. Not that he hasn't made mistakes, they all do, but the media is quick to point out the Biden mistakes to conform to the gaffe prone persona they helped create.
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Fuck off.
Diamond_Dog
(32,002 posts)He doesnt acknowledge idiot assholes.
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)T***p, not so much...
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)he didn't sit around and demand that someone bring it to him.
I am a little surprised, though, that he didn't also treat the press folks that were there.
Bucky
(54,014 posts)one secret service agent has a clearly labeled uniform on.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Our Uniformed Division Motorcade Support Unit specializes in the operational support for all official protectee motorcade movements.
msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)curious.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)the tag identifying "Secret Service" sewn (i think it's sewn) on the upper front of his garment.
Is "Label" the wrong word?
I'm not understanding the question.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)But I don't think it's unusual for law enforcement to wear vests that designate who they are with.
Such as DEA, FBI, LAPD, etc.
obamanut2012
(26,079 posts)I don't get the head smack.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)yardwork
(61,622 posts)Look upthread.
SWBTATTReg
(22,130 posts)out of their parents' basement...
Irish_Dem
(47,115 posts)Choc Choc chip and butter pecan.
twodogsbarking
(9,754 posts)make it an otherwise pleasant time.
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)Bayard
(22,075 posts)Hekate
(90,708 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,697 posts)TheRickles
(2,064 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Butter Pecan sugar free ice cream.
There needs to be more flavors of diabetic/ keto ice cream.
If I had money I would open a keto diabetic ice cream bar.
With only sugar free ice cream in lots of flavors.
I would also have sugar free snow cones in all the flavors.
Along with Sugar free slushies in a shitload of flavors.. and
glucerna flavored smoothies.
I get a glucerna add a tiny bit of fruit,powdered protein and greens and fresh kale,yogurt and MiO water flavors and of course pulverized ice cubes,additional water if it gets too thick to blend. All the protein and veggie powders are sugar free and keto.
Yesterday I had a vanilla cherry glucerna smoothie for a snack it was delicious.
If the stand did well than I'd sell the sugar free keto ice cream
Everywhere.
And I would make sure it all tastes good and is served in decent size portions too.
Carb content of everything offered would be posted clearly under each item.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)And since the crowd would have been pro Trump they would have cheered.