Biden Gaffes

Brain Freeze: Biden Forgets Name of Senator He Just Introduced

We’re up to our elbows in weird Biden moments.

“Every once in a while I make a mistake,” President Biden said in May 2022. “Like, well, once a speech.”

He was being modest. Over five decades in public life, the former vice president and longtime US senator built a reputation as America’s premier gaffe-meister, winning the White House in 2020 despite a long history of racist comments, snide asides, and enraged diatribes against voters.

And the rigors of the office have, if anything, worsened the problem for Biden, 79, the oldest president in US history. [NYPost]

“Where’s Jackie?” September 28, 2022

One of Biden’s most atrocious verbal misfires in his long career of gaffes came when he sought out Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski at a White House conference — eight weeks after her high-profile death.

“Representative Jackie — are you here? Where’s Jackie?” the president asked from the podium, peering futilely about the room. “I think she was going to be here,” he added.

Biden had released a lengthy statement mourning Walorski when she died in a horrific car crash.

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