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Biden defends monitoring Hurricane Helene crisis from Delaware: ‘It’s called a telephone’

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President Biden bristled Monday when a journalist asked the retiring commander-in-chief about monitoring the fallout from deadly hurricane flooding from his Delaware vacation home rather than the White House — saying, “It’s called a telephone.”

“Why weren’t you and Vice President Harris here in Washington commanding this this weekend?” a journalist asked Biden, 81, at the White House.

“I was commanding it. I was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before as well. I commanded it,” the president replied.

“It’s called a telephone,” he further snapped.

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