Watch: Biden Drags College Administrator Up to Podium to Compare Him to Obama
The piece argues that former President Joe Biden remains a focal point for public scrutiny because of his occasional awkward remarks, even though he is no longer in office. It notes that while the harsh critique tied to his age has softened as he left the presidency, his rare post‑presidency appearances still attract attention online. A highlighted moment at Syracuse University describes Biden joking about a board chair’s resemblance to Barack Obama and asking if the chair “looks like Barack,” a moment that went viral and drew accusations of racial insensitivity from social media. The article also recalls earlier controversial exchanges,such as Biden’s “You ain’t black” remark,which he later described as jest. it portrays Biden’s post‑presidency public appearances as still generating controversy and scrutiny due to his often awkward, candid remarks.
Of the many criticisms leveled against former President Joe Biden and his administration, one of the less severe ones was that the octogenarian had a real knack for making things incredibly awkward and uncomfortable.
From forgetting which of his Democratic comrades are actually alive to his propensity for smelling hair, Biden’s critics have latched onto these viral moments with ferocity.
That hasn’t been the case lately, due in no small part to the fact that Biden is not the president anymore.
Despite that reduced profile, the former president has still managed to raise eyebrows during his rare post-presidency appearances.
Take Biden’s Wednesday appearance at Syracuse University, for instance.
Biden was at the school for a special portrait commemoration and gave some brief remarks that one would expect at such an event.
He also gave some remarks that one would only expect from him:
“I always want to turn around to one guy and say, ‘Barack, what are you doing?’”
Biden pulls Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Jeffrey Scruggs into the spotlight mid-speech, saying he looks like former President Obama during the unveiling of the 46th president’s… pic.twitter.com/ksf5fc0nP7
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“Mr. Chairman, and the chancellor-elect, dean… and by the way,” Biden began in a now viral clip. “I always want to turn around to one guy and say, ‘Barack, what are you doing?’”
While that quip got some laughs, Biden soon made things awkward by bringing Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Jeffrey Scruggs onto the stage. First, Biden joked that he and Scruggs should switch places.
But then he blurted out: “Hey, doesn’t he look like Barack?”
Social media was apoplectic with Biden’s latest gaffe.
Many accused the former president of being a tacit racist for thinking “all black people look the same.”
For Biden, this isn’t the first awkward, racially charged exchange he’s had with black Americans of late.
In the lead-up to his doomed re-election bid, Biden infamously told a radio host that if you’re black and can’t decide between voting for him or then-nominee Donald Trump, “You ain’t black.”
Biden claimed at the time that he was simply replying in jest to a radio host being “a wise guy.”
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