{"id":565980,"date":"2021-06-16T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565980"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:22:27","slug":"biden-screams-at-female-reporter-laughs-as-putins-thugs-assault-american-journos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-screams-at-female-reporter-laughs-as-putins-thugs-assault-american-journos\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Screams at Female Reporter, Laughs as Putin\u2019s Thugs Assault American Journos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-screams-at-female-reporter-laughs-as-putins-thugs-assault-american-journos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565980&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>American journalists, the guardian angels of our democracy, were ruthlessly assaulted on Wednesday by enemies both foreign and domestic.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden, for example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynw5\/status\/1405234608329854981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scolded<\/a> reporters on the tarmac in Geneva following his controversial summit with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. &#8220;You never ask a positive question,&#8221; he griped, channeling his predecessor, Donald Trump, who was frequently labeled by journalists as the greatest threat to freedom of the press in American history.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s runway reproach came at the end of a harrowing day for American journalists, who not only suffered abuse from the leader of their own government but were also brutalized by henchmen loyal to Putin, one of the world&#8217;s most violent dictators.<\/p>\n<p>Hours earlier, Biden looked on as American reporters were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonLemire\/status\/1405169503118393345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manhandled<\/a> by Russian security forces. The journalists were simply trying to do their jobs and preserve democracy as the two world leaders prepared to meet. White House pool reporter Anita Kumar of <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevennelson10\/status\/1405149772462370828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">observed<\/a> that journalists &#8220;were pushed and shoved by security officials and Russian media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden, for his part, did nothing to intervene and &#8220;appeared amused&#8221; by the foreign assault on our brave journalists, even as they &#8220;tripped over cords&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevennelson10\/status\/1405151954980982793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screamed<\/a> at the Russian thugs to &#8220;stop touching us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1487040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced.jpg\" alt width=\"2016\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-1536x1033.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-1400x942.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-736x495.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-enhanced-730x491.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s enthusiasm for journalist suffering carried over into his solo press conference after the summit, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1405227652110340101\">berated<\/a> a female reporter\u2014Kaitlin Collins of CNN\u2014in front of all her friends. &#8220;What the hell,&#8221; Biden seethed in response to a simple question about Putin&#8217;s credibility. &#8220;What do you do all the time?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the menacing fashion familiar to all women who have been bullied by entitled men, Biden lunged toward Collins and pointed his finger while continuing to question her intelligence. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t understand [my answer] you&#8217;re in the wrong business,&#8221; the president huffed before storming off.<\/p>\n<p>Few journalists, and even fewer liberals, came to the defense of Collins, who was lionized in the past for attracting the ire of former president Trump. Some even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericaRising\/status\/1405239518182117381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> the sexist outburst as &#8220;classic Biden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was a dark day for democracy, indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American journalists, the guardian angels of our democracy, were ruthlessly assaulted on Wednesday by enemies both foreign and domestic. 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