During a Saturday call with House Democrats, President Joe Biden lashed out at Rep. Jason Crow after the Colorado Democrat bluntly told him that voters are concerned about his vigor and strength, especially as it is perceived on the world stage.
The president responded to Crow, an Army Ranger who served two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, that he knows the congressman is a Bronze Star recipient, like his son Beau, but that “he didn’t rebuild NATO.”
According to two sources familiar with the call, the exchange became even more contentious when Crow pushed back on the president, who also argued that NATO leaders are supportive of him. Crow told the president that he needs to understand that voters aren’t seeing him that way.
At one point, Biden told Crow to “cut that crap out” and that if Crow wants to walk away from him, then he can walk away.
Crow responded to the president that he does not want to walk away from him, which is why he was on the call, but an angry Biden dismissed the congressman by saying he should just do it.
Separately, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, told Biden that she represents Bucks County, a crucial part of the state that she said he needs to win in order to carry Pennsylvania again in November, sharing concerns about his standing there.
Biden pushed back, suggesting that he didn’t believe that, which prompted Houlahan to tell Biden that she had polling and it is what she is seeing.
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