It's easy to forget sometimes that Joe Biden is still president of the United States. We barely see him, and when we do, he's telling reporters “we gotta lock him up," referring to former President Donald Trump. Biden caught himself and then clarified his statement, saying he meant "politically, lock him up." You know, the tried and true method of locking someone up politically. That's what he meant.

The White House press corps wanted to make sure, so they asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about it.

"The president spoke about this very clearly in his statement." Yes, it was very clear what he meant.

Jean-Pierre did go on to say that yes, Biden considers Trump a fascist.

Yeah, we all heard the clip. He didn't say "lock him out." He said, "lock him up." So that's a lie.

It's funny the lengths Jean-Pierre goes to trying to convince reporters that Biden is always very clear.

That came straight from Biden's brain, so yeah, it's possible.

Someone should ask Jean-Pierre who's running the country right now.

So the spin is that Biden very clearly said "lock him out politically."

Now for the "Republicans pounce" spin: