Karine Jean-Pierre’s White House press briefing would be boring if not for Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocy.
Doocy knows how to ask Jean-Pierre the uncomfortable questions that make her squirm.
But Peter Doocy just broke his silence on Joe Biden’s decision to step aside with this surprising confession.
Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy has been in his role since the 2020 elections.
Doocy is virtually the only real reporter in the White House press corps who is willing to ask the tough questions that Jean-Pierre does not want to answer.
And Doocy is very good at his job.
On Monday, Fox News promoted Doocy to the role of Senior White House Correspondent for the network.
“Peter’s commitment to providing viewers with hourly news and insight from the White House has remained steadfast since he started in this role straight off the 2020 campaign trail and we’re thrilled to have him continue doing so,” President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace said in a statement.
Doocy was a thorn in the side of Jen Psaki during her time as Press Secretary, and he’s given Jean-Pierre the same treatment.
But it’s not just the White House Press Secretaries who get tough questions from Doocy.
Doocy is also not afraid to go after Joe Biden and press him for answers during his public appearances.
In 2022, Doocy asked Biden a question so tough that a hot mic caught the President calling him a “stupid son of a b****” in response.
“Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?” Doocy asked Biden.
“It’s a great asset—more inflation,” Biden said. “What a stupid son of a b****.”
Biden later called Doocy and apologized to him.
At the end of a Biden photo op, when reporters shouted Q’s hoping he’d respond, Fox’s Peter Doocy asked, “Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?” Biden deadpanned: “It’s a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch.” pic.twitter.com/Tt4ZVz5Ynj
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 24, 2022
When Joe Biden was facing growing concerns about his mental health back in February following Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, Doocy called him out on it and asked, “How bad is your memory, and can you continue as President?”
“My memory is so bad [that] I let you speak,” Biden shot back.
But Joe Biden will only be in office until January of 2025.
After that, he and Doocy will probably never have any more interactions for the rest of Biden’s life.
And Peter Doocy is saddened by it.
During an interview Wednesday with New York Magazine, Doocy told columnist Charlotte Klein that he would miss Joe Biden.
“Based on this week here, yes, but when I was here for the Biden walkthrough, and just the amount that I had gotten to know him over the last five years—when I saw him looking out at all of this, it definitely seemed like he was thinking, am I doing the right thing?” Doocy said in response to a question about if Democrats had made the right choice in choosing Vice President Kamala Harris.
Klein then asked Doocy if he would miss Joe Biden.
“Yes. I really will,” Doocy said.
“I don’t think it took long for them to know exactly what to expect from me,” he continued. “They knew I was always going to ask him something hard and he continued to engage for years after that and his team did too.”
“And so yes, I will miss him,” he added.
Peter Doocy may miss Joe Biden, but the American people surely won’t.
