Social media users are drawing similarities after a resurfaced video with Peter Doocy and late US senator John McCain following Joe Biden’s comments at a White House meeting.
The interview with McCain started trending on Twitter after Biden’s somewhat explicit remarks went viral following his encounter with Doocy and other reporters.
Video of John McCain and Peter Doocy explored
An interview with John McCain and Peter Doocy has started making rounds on Twitter on Tuesday, January 25th.
McCain, who was a Republican senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018, was questioned about his relationship with then-president Donald Trump.
Doocy asked: “Has your relationship with the president frayed to the point that you are not going to support anything that he comes to you and asks for?”
“Why would you say something that stupid?” McCain responded. “Why would you ask something that dumb? Huh? My job as a United States senator, as a senator from Arizona, which I was just re-elected to.”
He continued: “You mean that I am somehow going to behave in a way that I’m going to block everything because of some personal disagreement? That’s a dumb question.”
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However, it’s worth noting that this interview doesn’t show McCain’s professional relationship with the reporter.
In August 2018, Doocy paid a tribute to McCain saying that the senator inspired him to pursue a career as a political journalist.
The reporter recalled an event held at Villanova University, where he was studying Political Science, and had the opportunity to ask the senator a political question.
He asked McCain whether he thought Hillary Clinton was “hitting the sauce” with voters during the 2008 presidential campaign. He then asked if McCain “cared to join him for a shot” after the event, garnering laughter from the senator and the crowd.
In the tribute, Doocy said that McCain used to tell that same story at other interviews. You can watch the video down below:
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Why is their interview trending now?
Doocy’s interview with McCain has started trending after recent comments from Joe Biden.
As per a White House official transcript from the meeting, Doocy asked Biden whether he thought inflation would be a “political liability ahead of the midterms”.
“It’s a great asset – more inflation,” Biden responded sarcastically before muttering: “What a stupid son of a b****” in a comment that wasn’t meant to be heard by others.
Doocy told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Biden had reached out to him to “clear the air” before adding:
“I appreciated it. We had a nice call. I don’t need anybody to apologise to me. He can call me whatever he wants as long as it gets him talking.”
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