'Genocide Joe': President Biden confronted by hecklers on visit to Pennsylvania

United States President Joe Biden was met with a brusque reception on Friday from swing-state voters who ruthlessly heckled him during a trip to Pennsylvania, as part of a visit to several small businesses to tout his Bidenomics economic plan, Fox News reported.

According to a pool report, as the 81-year-old commander-in-chief entered the South Mountain Cycle, a bicycle store, residents in the Allentown region of Emmaus yelled at him, "Go home, Joe!" and "You're a loser!"

After hours of protests, anti-Biden demonstrators pledged to punish him at the polls in November for his backing of the Israeli offensive against Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip, according to The New York Post.

"We will remember in November," the group chanted near a firefighter training centre — also adding, "No vote for genocide Joe."

The president travelled to the state ahead of a weekend retreat at Camp David in Maryland and did not give a speech.

Meanwhile, back at the White House, fencing contractors were observed setting preparations for a sizable anti-Israel demonstration on Saturday while he was overseas.

This comes after a sizable gathering of demonstrators broke down the executive mansion's gates in November, leaving anti-Biden graffiti and red handprints behind.

Biden did have a brief conversation with reporters over his decision to order airstrikes on the Houthi-led government of Yemen, which is linked with Iran, on Thursday in response to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

However, the president also took a jab at the media when out shopping for shoes. "Would you give them running shoes so they can take off?" the president asked in jest, drawing criticism from the press for his comparatively low number of news conferences and interviews.