A Fox News the journalist attempted to highlight his concerns regarding Joe Bidenpointing out that the president faced questions on the subject, then played a clip of a reporter asking if he was “too old” for a second term.
What the correspondent, Lucas Tomlinson, did not note in the broadcast file Fox News Sunday he is the journalist who asked this question.
“Mr. President, are you too old to run for reelection? he asked in the clip.
“That’s stupid,” Biden responded with a laugh.
White House officials mocked Tomlinson’s omission.
“Can you speculate on whose voice is shouting?” » Andrew Bates, White House spokesperson wrote, marking Tomlinson’s X handle. “It looks familiar, but I’m having trouble placing it.”
“Lol, that reporter was… you,” Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton wrote.
Tomlinson’s filing did not include anyone else asking Biden his age.
He also slyly self-referenced himself on social media. In an X job Sunday morning, shortly after Fox News Sunday During his appearance, he said that on Saturday, “a reporter asked Biden if he was too old to run for office.”