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Biden caught on hot mic revealing private 'come to Jesus'

conversation with Netanyahu
'I'm on a hot mic here,' Biden says after being alerted
By David Rutz Fox News

Published March 8, 2024 1:36pm EST

Biden on hot mic says he and Netanyahu need 'come to Jesus' meeting
President Biden appeared to take a shot at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a hot mic picking up the comments.

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President Biden was "caught" on a hot mic Thursday night revealing a private conversation
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, appearing to say he had told him they
would have a "come to Jesus" moment soon.

Mingling on the House floor after his State of the Union address Biden spoke with Sen. ,

Michael Bennet, D-Colo., while Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of
Transportation Pete Buttigieg looked on. Bennet said he had just returned from Jordan
and encouraged the president to "keep doing what you're doing on the humanitarian stuff"
regarding the Israel-Gaza war.

Biden then appeared to say, adding "don't repeat this" to the group, "I told him, Bibi
[Netanyahu ,]… you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ moment." Blinken chuckled at
the comment; the term "come to Jesus" tends to refer to a moment where someone has a
moment of major realization.

An aide or agent near Biden appeared to warn him there was a camera lingering nearby,
and Biden then said, "I’m on a hot mic here. Good. That was good." He added to Blinken he
would talk to him later.

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From left: President Biden speaks after his State of the Union address with Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.; Secretary of
State Anthony Blinken; and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

The White House didn't respond to a request for comment about the moment that went
viral on social media .

Given the camera hovering around President Biden as he spent several minutes talking
with various members of Congress after the address, he may have purposefully
"accidentally" leaked his frustrations with Netanyahu, as the war in Gaza has become a
political sore spot for him. Last month, a report emerged that Biden had privately
disparaged Netanyahu over their discussions and his handling of Israel's war.

Israel's war on Hamas and the Palestinian death toll in Gaza has triggered intense
criticism from pockets of the left, with accusations that Biden is supporting "genocide."
Progressives have organized protest votes against him in recent Democratic primaries in a
potential warning sign for his election hopes in swing states.

During his State of the Union address, Biden castigated Hamas over its Oct. 7 attack on
Israel and called it a vile terrorist organization, but he also admonished Israel to "protect
innocent civilians in Gaza" and not make humanitarian aid a "secondary consideration or a
bargaining chip."

WATCH: 5 KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SOTU SPEECH

President Biden, right, is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International
Airport in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden on Thursday announced he was directing the military to "lead an emergency mission
to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the coast of Gaza that can receive
large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters."

President Biden's speech was notably political, repeatedly ripping into "my predecessor"
without actually naming former President Donald Trump, his likely 2024 opponent this
fall.

Itwas well-received on the left, with Democrats and liberal journalists gushing over the
address. Some even declared Biden's performance put his age issues to rest.

David Rutz is a senior editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @davidrutz.

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