Redeem now - President Joe Biden made a surprise stop on Thursday at Honey Hut Ice Cream in Cleveland.
- With a cone in hand, he discussed Republicans' opposition to a commission to study the Capitol riot.
- Biden said he "couldn't imagine" why Republicans were against a commission to investigate the riot.
President Joe Biden made a surprise stop on Thursday at Honey Hut Ice Cream in Cleveland.
Reporters at the scene were eager to know how the president felt about congressional Republicans rejecting the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack.
Biden, famous for his love of ice cream, held up his cone and advised his colleagues across the aisle to "eat some chocolate chocolate chip."
It was a joke, folks.
After cheers from the small crowd gathered around him, he added, "I can't imagine anyone voting against establishing a commission on the greatest assault since the Civil War on the Capitol. But at any rate, I came for ice cream."
Biden took another lighthearted swipe at Republicans during a speech at a Cleveland community college earlier on Thursday. He said that not a single Republican lawmaker voted for his COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan, but that many of them have since touted the benefits of the legislation to their constituents.
"I'm not going to embarrass any one of them, but I have here a list of how back in their districts, they're bragging about the Rescue Plan," Biden said, holding up a card listing the names of about a dozen lawmakers.
The crowd broke out in laughter.
He added, "I mean, some people have no shame."
—DJ Judd (@DJJudd) May 27, 2021
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