Things went less than well for President Joe Biden when he stopped by a trio of small businesses in the downtown section of small town in the swing state of Pennsylvania. That town was Emmaus, PA, a small municipality in the eastern part of the state.
The president’s visit came amidst what many Americans see as a declining or on the rocks economic environment, with a slew of major companies, such as Citigroup, Amazon, and Google, announcing mass rounds of layoffs in recent days.
President Biden, meanwhile, visited a running shoe store, bicycle shop, and coffee house in Emmaus. While swinging by the swing state shoe store, a hostile crowd jeered at and heckled him, shouting about his failings and demanding he go home and get out of their little town.
One member of the hostile crowd, for example, yelled “Go home, Joe!” as Biden walked into the bike stop alongside with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Bob Casey. Another yelled, “You’re a loser!” That heckler then again yelled, “Loser!”
While in Emmaus Coffee, Biden was asked, “Do you have a message for Iran, sir?” Responding, he said, “I’ve already delivered the message to Iran. They know not to do anything.” He was then asked “Are we in a de facto proxy war with Iran?” and “Will you continue bombing the Houthis if the attacks don’t stop, sir?”