President Biden received a rude welcome from swing state voters who booed him mercilessly during a Friday trip to Pennsylvania.
The 81-year-old commander in chief was greeted with shouts of “Go home, Joe!” and “You’re a loser!” by residents of an Allentown-area home as he entered a bicycle shop, according to a pool report.
Hours later, protesters opposing Biden’s support for the Israeli offensive against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip vowed he would pay the price at the polls in November.
“We will remember in November,” the group chanted near a firefighter training center, adding: “Let’s not vote for genocide, Joe.”
The president made the trip without delivering prepared remarks before a weekend getaway to Camp David in Maryland.
President Joe Biden walks with Lauren Vargas, co-owner of Nowhere Coffee Co., during a visit to discuss his economic agenda, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. AP President Joe Biden’s motorcade is lined up as he drives toward the Allentown Fire Training Academy, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. AP Hours later, protesters opposing Biden’s support for the Israeli offensive against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip vowed that he would pay the price at the polls. box in November. AP The president made the trip without delivering prepared remarks before a weekend getaway to Camp David in Maryland. AP Biden spoke briefly to reporters about his decision to order airstrikes Thursday against Yemen’s Houthi-led government, an ally of Iran, in retaliation for attacks on Red Sea commercial shipping. AP But the president also added a joke at the expense of the press while visiting a shoe store: “Would you give them running shoes to get them off their feet?” the president joked. AP
While he was away, fence contractors near the White House were seen preparing for a large anti-Israel protest on Saturday, after a massive group of activists pushed through the doors of the executive mansion in November and vandalized them with red handprints. and graffiti against Biden.
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Biden spoke briefly to reporters about his decision to order airstrikes Thursday against Yemen’s Houthi-led government, an ally of Iran, in retaliation for attacks on Red Sea commercial shipping.
But the president also added a joke at the expense of the press while visiting a shoe store.
“Would you give them running shoes so they can take off?” joked the president, who has been criticized by journalists for giving relatively few interviews and press conferences.
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