MEDIA WINNER: Peter Doocy
President Joe Biden slammed Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy on Wednesday over asking about a Wall Street Journal report last week that the Biden administration is considering giving illegal immigrant families who were separated from their children around $450,000 per person. “About the way, forward, Mr. President,” said Doocy, “as you were leaving for your overseas trip, there were reports that that were surfacing that your administration is planning to pay illegal immigrants who were separated from their parents at the border up to $450,000 each, possibly a million dollars per family. Do you think that might incentivize more people to come over illegally?” Responding, Biden, who returned to the United States on Tuesday night from a five-day trip to Europe, did not withhold punches. “If you guys keep sending that garbage out, yeah,” said the president. “But it’s not true.” Wrong. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which is part of the well-documented, high-level, multi-department negotiations taking place under Biden's administration per Biden's campaign promises, was outraged in response this morning saying Biden's either out of the loop or breaking that promise. "President Biden may not have been fully briefed about the actions of his very own Justice Department as it carefully deliberated and considered the crimes committed against thousands of families separated from their children as an intentional governmental policy," the statement says. Fox & Friends read the statement on air this morning, and Steve Doocy defended his son against the President's false attack that no other media followed-up on at the briefing. “So he can say it’s garbage, it’s not going to happen, but at the same time his own Department of Justice is negotiating with these families and the ACLU,” the elder Doocy said. “And apparently, Joe Biden doesn’t know what the Joe Biden administration is doing.” “Somebody’s not dealing the president into his big decisions,” Brian Kilmeade added. “Who’s running this country?” Ainsley Earhardt asked. It was a win for Peter Doocy. He asked a legit question, based on solid reporting about an actual thing that's happening, caught the president flat-footed and provoking an angry reply, and was proved right by the facts and unlikely ACLU back-up. Hard to beat that. |