Sullivan rips reporter's question on Biden swearing as asking 'when did you stop beating your spouse?'

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National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan likened a journalist asking about a report that President Biden had grown angry and swore over tanking poll numbers to a "when did you stop beating your spouse question."

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy confronted Sullivan during the White House’s daily press briefing about a report published by NBC News with the headline, "Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort."

Citing an unnamed lawmaker, the report claims that during a private meeting at the White House in January, Biden "began to shout and swear," when allies of the president told him about slumping poll numbers in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

"There's a report that when President Biden was told his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas was starting to affect his poll numbers, the quote is he began to shout and swear. So when he does that, is he shouting and swearing about Netanyahu or about Hamas or about his poll numbers?" Doocy asked Sullivan on Monday.

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"This is the ‘when did you stop beating your spouse’ question because I don't think he ever did that," Sullivan responded.

"Excuse