President Biden told a crowd in Las Vegas on Sunday that he recently spoke with French President Francois Mitterrand, who has been dead for nearly 30 years.
The comments come as Biden seeks to build enthusiasm ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Nevada and warns of the dangers of Trump’s possible second term. Announced.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the Pearson Community Center on Sunday, February 4, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Ian Moll/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Biden told a story he has told many times during his presidency, about a meeting he had with French President Emmanuel Macron during the Group of Seven meeting in Britain a few months after Biden took over the White House. .
“I sat down and said, ‘America is back,'” Biden recalled. “And Mitterrand from Germany, Mitterrand from France, looked at me and said…”
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Biden appeared to back away before gathering his thoughts, finishing his sentence by saying, “So how long are you going to be back?”
The President went on to ask how the “German Chancellor” would react if thousands of people stormed the British House of Commons and killed two British police officers called “Bobby”. said. The prime minister’s election will be canceled.
François Mitterrand served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, but died in 1996.
Portrait of French President François Mitterand during his visit to Saint-Benoit in Réunion on February 9, 1988. (Thierry Orban/Sigma via Getty Images)
In Tuesday’s Nevada Democratic presidential primary, Mr. Biden faces only token opposition from author Marianne Williamson and a handful of relatively unknown challengers. He won Nevada in November 2020 by less than 3 percentage points. But he came to Nevada to galvanize voters for the fall campaign.
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Primarily known for its casino and hospitality industry, this state is synonymous with splitting the bill and having unpredictable results. It has a transient working-class population and large communities of Latinos, Filipinos, Chinese Americans, and blacks. Nevada has a significant rural-urban divide, with more than 88% of registered voters and much of the political power concentrated in its two most populous counties, which include the Las Vegas and Reno metropolitan areas. There is.
