Despite the coronavirus outbreak coming three years after the Obama administration left office, President Biden bizarrely declared on Sunday that things got “a little bit worse” when he was vice president during the pandemic.
The 81-year-old, whose term as vice president ended in January 2017, suggested he was dealing with the pandemic during a campaign event with the NAACP on Sunday.
“When I was vice president, things got a little bad during the pandemic, and what happened was that Barack said to me, ‘Go to Detroit!'” Please help us solve this,” Biden said at a campaign event with the NAACP on Sunday.
“Well, poor mayor, he spent more time with me than I expected!” Biden added.
Biden’s latest gaffe came after his commencement address at Morehouse College, where he was caught on camera praising the valedictorian for calling for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire.”
The president has called for a moratorium on fighting in Gaza, but has steadily maintained support for Israel in its war with Hamas, a move that has upset many progressives.
Ahead of his commencement address, some faculty and students at the historically all-black, all-male school vowed not to attend the ceremony in protest.
Instead, some turned their backs on the commander in chief speaking about the ongoing conflict.
“I support peaceful, nonviolent protests,” Biden told the graduates, as several people turned away from him.
“Your voice will be heard. I promise you it will be heard,” he insisted to the students, many of whom wore kaffiyeh, a traditional scarf associated with Palestinians, slung over their shoulders.
Biden then tackled the crisis head-on, telling graduates: “There’s a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. That’s why I’ve been calling for an immediate ceasefire. I’ve been calling for an immediate ceasefire to stop the fighting and bring the hostages home, and I’ve been working for that.”As we speak, the deal is being made. It will be established. ”
“I know many people, including my family, are angry and frustrated,” he added.
Biden’s visit to Morehouse was his first major visit to a college campus since anti-Israel protests began erupting on campuses across the country, but the anti-Israel protests at Morehouse were similar to those at other campuses, including Columbia University. The protests were generally quieter than the anti-Israel protests that took place at the time.
Biden’s Morehouse speech comes as polls suggest he is losing support among black Americans.
recent research Conducted by Pew Research Center Only a small majority (55%) of Black voters approve of Biden’s job performance, but 95% of Black women and 87% of Black men voted for him in 2020, according to Pew.
another Opinion poll conducted by NBC News Polls show Biden only has a 71% to 13% lead over former President Donald Trump among Black voters, compared with the 87% to 12% he recorded in 2020 exit polls. The score was lower than that of .
