but obama fired back that he knows better than anyone what it ’s like to be slammed for his political views and was not about to accept a lecture on the topic .
in an interview later with fox news , rhodes claimed that the president insisted that biden had not made the original comment .
he said the vice president did n’t make any of those assertions , ” rhodes .
but obama said , ‘ we ca n't have a conversation ?
” rhodes added that obama brushed him aside .
in public , obama got into a heated back - and - forth monday with a tea party activist ryan rhodes about biden .
in public , obama did not directly answer the question from tea party activist ryan rhodes about biden had called members of the tea party “ terrorists ” during the debt ceiling debate .
and the duo was spotted in an animated conversation a few moments later .
obama did say he would discuss the matter further with rhodes , founder of the iowa tea party , after the event .