Biden calls himself ‘first Black woman...to serve with a Black president’ in radio interview. Listen
Biden calls himself black woman
US President Joe Biden can't seem to catch a break. Just as Democratic Governors rallied behind him to say they fully back him in the presidential race, the 81-year-old has committed another gaffe. During a radio interview, Biden called himself "the first Black woman...to serve with a Black president." While talking to Philadelphia’s Wurd radio station, it appears too many things got mixed up in Biden'shead before he uttered the words, "By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice-president, first Black woman… to serve with a Black president," adding, "proud of the first Black woman in the Supreme Court.”
Biden seemed to be referring to Kamala Harris, his current Vice President and also to the time he was the VP to Barack Obama, the first Black president of the US. Harris is the first Black vice president the United States has had and is also the first woman to hold the post.
“There's just so much that we can do because together we, there's nothing, look, this is the United States America," he further said.
He was speaking on The Earl Ingram Show, which mainly targets black listeners in Wisconsin.
"Proud of the first Black woman in the Supreme Court" was a reference to Ketanji Brown Jackson who became the first Black female justice appointed by his administration in 2022.
Further confusing the listeners, Biden referred to himself as the “first president that got elected statewide in the state of Delaware, when I was a kid.” This particular statement was in reference to his 36-year representation for Delaware in the US Senate from 1973 to 2009.
Biden and his troubles
On Thursday, during the July 4th celebration, Trump fumbled once again when he referred to Trump as“one of our colleagues”.
Biden has found himself in a soup ever since his debacle in the presidential debate against Donald Trump. He fumbled, lost his train of thought a few times and looked erratic. This set panic among the Dems, several of whom started calling for him to exit the presidential race. However, a meeting with the Democratic governors seemed to have settled things as they said that they fully back Biden and will stand by him.
Biden himself has also signalled that he is not going anywhere and will stay in the race. During the meeting, he is also reported to have said that he would want to wrap up work by 8 pm going forward.
