Biden: Hamas Should ‘Learn How to Shoot Straight’
President Joe Biden is facing backlash on social media for a tone-deaf response to the Gaza hospital — where he told reporters that the Palestinian terrorist group should “learn how to shoot straight.”
While the mainstream media and Hamas supporters initially parroted the terrorist group’s talking points that the explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip had been caused by an Israeli missile strike, it has since been suggested by several sources that the explosion happened due to a rocket misfire from Hamas.
Biden spoke with reporters about the incident on Wednesday after Hamas had been accused of being the culprit.
“I’m not suggesting that Hamas deliberately did it,” the president said during an appearance at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. “It’s that old thing: Gotta learn how to shoot straight. It’s not the first time that Hamas has launched something that didn’t function very well.”
Critics were quick to call Biden out on social media over the comments, pointing out that the target of Hamas’ attacks is typically Israeli civilians — and thus, telling them to “shoot straight” means killing Israeli civilians.
“The President of the United States says he wants Hamas to learn how to shoot straight. Reflect on that. He wants terrorists to be more accurate when they fire rockets at Israel. His brain belongs at a bingo game eating jello, NOT being the President,” wrote director Robby Starbuck.
“If Donald Trump had said, Islamic Jihad just needs to learn to shoot straight, the entire media would’ve accused him of directing the terrorists to kill Israeli citizens,” another critic pointed out.
“Shoot straight … when trying to kill innocent people? What?” asked radio host Dana Loesch.
