The most Biden-sycophantic network newscast was unable to help itself on the day of the election of the first American pope. During a roundup of presidential reactions to Pope Leo XIV, correspondent Rachel Scott went to a tired but true hook: “Joe Biden, devout Catholic.”
Watch the report in its entirety, as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Thursday, May 8th, 2025:
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
5/8/25
6:47 PM
DAVID MUIR: And back in the U.S., President Trump, former Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton all sending messages about this first American pope. The opportunity for unity and their hope for the new leader of the Catholic Church. Rachel Scott at The White House tonight.
RACHEL SCOTT: Tonight, the American president calling the election of the first American pope “a great honor for our country.”
DONALD TRUMP: What greater honor could…
