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By Tommy ChristopherJun 10th, 2021, 10:50 am
President
Joe Biden’s brief fight to the death with a cicada became fodder for a swarm of light-hearted news segments, but Newsmax anchor
Grant Stinchfield couldn’t resist making a dehumanizing crack about immigrants as he commented on the incident.
On Wednesday, the president was accosted by one of the now-omnipresent insects as he was trying to board Air Force One for his first trip abroad since taking office, but the pest was no match for Biden’s ninja reflexes.
The monent became an instant sensation for an already cicada-obsessed media, and Biden’s brush with ickiness was replayed all day long on news programs across the cable spectrum, along with reports that Biden’s press plane was delayed for nearly six hours due to a swarm. The coverage was light-hearted, and arguably excessive. Definitely excessive.