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Hot mic catches Biden cursing to defend his family name while surveying Hurricane Ian damage

US President Joe Biden meets with Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy on October 5, 2022.
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images
  • President Joe Biden dropped the F-bomb during his visit to Florida on Wednesday.
  • "No one fucks with a Biden," he's heard telling Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy.
  • Biden traveled to Florida to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic dropping an F-bomb in a seemingly-lighthearted conversation with a local mayor during his Wednesday visit to Florida to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ian. 

"No one fucks with a Biden," the president said to Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy, in a clip shared on social media.

"Yeah, you're goddamn right," Murphy said in response.

The pair then laughed, shook hands, and parted ways. It's unclear what they were discussing. The comments came after Biden had just wrapped up a joint news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. 

Biden has been overheard cursing on several occasions, resulting in viral moments. During a press conference in January at the White House, he called Fox News reporter Peter Doocy "a stupid son of a bitch."

In perhaps one of the Biden's most well-known hot-mic moments, he was caught telling then-President Barack Obama in 2010 that the signing of the Affordable Healthcare Act was a "big fucking deal."

Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm, killed at least 68 people in Florida after it made landfall last week. The Biden administration has provided federal support to the storm-ravaged state, as well as to Puerto Rico, which has recently suffered from Hurricane Fiona. Biden visited Puerto Rico on Monday.

"You can't go back to what it was before," Biden said during Wednesday's press conference. "You got to build back better because we know more is coming."