‘Screaming Match With Peter Doocy Once A Week’: Mediaite Editor’s Unique Advice For Biden On Reclaiming News Cycles From Trump

Mediaite writer and editor Tommy Christopher shared unique advice for President Joe Biden with SiriusXM host and MSNBC author Dean Obeidallah: Fight Peter Doocy.

Christopher was Obeidallah’s guest on the Friday edition of The Dean Obeidallah Show and said that it’s often the things the White House seeks to avoid that are actually the best thing for Biden to do right now.

An issue facing Biden’s campaign, Obeidallah said, is that “the criminal stuff” with Donald Trump, while real and important, is “over-covered” so much by the press that Democrats and especially Biden are having a hard time getting their own message out.

“What do you think Democrats could be doing or should be doing?” he asked Christopher.

“Every clip that the White House hates that comes out of President Biden is the stuff that they should be doing on purpose,” Christopher answered, and he brought up the phenomenon of Biden getting into scraps with Fox News White House correspondent Doocy, who also tangled regularly with former press secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki.

“Like, when he starts getting into a fight with Peter Doocy, you know? When he says, ‘hey, listen, Jack, I don’t want to hear your shit,’ you know? Like, they’re like, ‘Oh, my God, we’ve got to clean this up.’ No! Make him do more of that. You know what I mean?” said Christopher.

“If he got into a screaming match with Peter Doocy like once a week, that would go viral,” he said. “And yeah, you know what, Republicans would hate it and say, ‘Oh my God, he’s being mean to Peter Doocy, and why has got such a thin skin?’ But everybody else would be like, ‘Yeah! Why is he asking when he stopped beating his wife? Why is Peter Doocy being such a jerk?’ You know?”

Christopher told Obeidallah that he has confidence in Biden’s sharpness and that the president is “quick on his feet.”

Dean said the idea is interesting and not what he was expecting to hear, but that, “it cuts against the ‘He’s senile. He doesn’t know what’s he doing.’ Like ‘look at him being strong and tough!'”

OBEIDALLAH: The difference between 2016 and now is the criminal stuff with Trump is real news and it’s got to be covered. I get that. And the media over-covers it, but they’re going to cover it. What would – any idea of what Democrats should be doing, President Biden and some of the Democrats, to get through the media landscape? To get stories out? Because I hear them – I hear frustration when I talk to Democrats and members of Congress, ‘we can’t get press coverage.’ But standing behind a podium over and over and not getting coverage means you got to change the way you’re approaching things. What do you think Democrats could be doing or should be doing?

CHRISTOPHER: I mean, it’s — I almost hesitate to answer because it’s futile, but it’s… Everything, every clip that the White House hates that comes out of President Biden is the stuff that they should be doing on purpose. Like, when he starts getting into a fight with Peter Doocy, you know? When he says, ‘hey, listen, Jack, I don’t want to hear your shit,’ you know? Like, they’re like, ‘Oh, my God, we’ve got to clean this up.’ No! Make him do more of that. You know what I mean? I mean, like, you know, Democrats, they’re always they, you know, and they get, they get, what’s the word, like they get bullied into not doing it. You know, any time they complain, they’re like, oh, you don’t, you’re ganging up on the free press and try to equate it to the shit that Trump does. Like, Trump gets pipe bombs sent to CNN. But if Biden is like, ‘Hey, Peter Doocy, why don’t you stop asking me, you know, when I stopped beating my wife,’ then all of a sudden ‘oh, you’re attacking the free press.’ You know?

I mean — And, but like stuff that in this day and age, I know it’s cheap and I feel terrible saying it and I know it’s not going to happen anyway. But, like, shit like that is what what punches through, you know? I mean, like, look,.

OBEIDALLAH: That’s very interesting.

CHRISTOPHER: Yeah. Like let’s say Joe Biden got into a screaming match with Peter Doocy. First of all, I have confidence in the guy. He is fast on his feet. He knows how to, he’s. He’s he’s sharp. You know, he’s like. Jen Psaki was like that, too. Jen Psaki could think on her feet. She was a great press secretary. No disrespect to KJP. But Biden can think on his feet.

And if he got into a screaming match with Peter Doocy like once a week, that would go viral. And yeah, you know what Republicans would hate it and say, “Oh my God, he’s being mean to Peter Doocy, and why has got such a thin skin?” But everybody else would be like, “Yeah! Why is he asking when he stopped beating his wife? Why is Peter Doocy being such a jerk?” You know?

OBEIDALLAH: That’s so interesting. That’s not the question, answer I expected. Tommy that’s really interestingI Because you’re right. Then it shows – also it cuts against the “He’s senile. He doesn’t know what’s he doing.” Like “look at him being strong and tough!”

Watch above via SiriusXM’s The Dean Obeidallah Show.