Break out the fainting couches: Hot mic catches Biden using a naughty word

Republicans are having a massive case of the vapors after President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic using an extremely common curse word. Speaking to Ray Murphy, the mayor of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, as he visited areas affected by Hurricane Ian, Biden said, “No one fucks with a Biden.” Murphy laughed and responded, “Yeah, goddamn right.”

In an interview with NBC News, Murphy said he couldn’t remember what exactly he said that prompted Biden to respond that way, but he characterized it as part of the bond the two men struck up. “It was not directed at anybody. It was just two guys talking,” he said. “It didn’t faze me one bit. That’s just the way two guys talk to each other from our respective backgrounds.”

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