{"id":1439981,"date":"2022-04-15T10:16:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439981"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:17:19","slug":"joe-biden-snaps-at-college-dean-during-tour-im-the-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-snaps-at-college-dean-during-tour-im-the-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Snaps at College Dean During Tour: &#039;I&#039;m the Professor&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-snaps-at-college-dean-during-tour-im-the-professor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden lashed out at a college academic dean on Thursday as he toured North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.<\/p>\n<p>During the tour, Biden promoted the idea of raising government grants to fund historic black colleges and universities, noting many of them did not have enough capital to invest in their technical programs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou have the talent, you just have to have the opportunity,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>When Robin Coger, the Dean of the College of Engineering interrupted Biden to talk about the wide range of universities in the country, Biden appeared annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelieve me, I\u2019ve been to more of them than you have,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI bet you\u2026 you may have, I don\u2019t know, we\u2019ll compare notes,\u201d Coger replied politely, noting that Biden\u2019s investment programs would help \u201call universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden continued making his point after the interruption, talking about the importance of investing in lesser-known colleges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assumption is that unless you are at a significantly endowed university with a long pedigree and so on that the students don\u2019t have the capacity,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never believed that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know quite better than that,\u201d Coger replied. \u201cSo you\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, but let me stop for a second, I\u2019m the \u2014 I\u2019m a professor,\u201d Biden replied.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou are the president and that\u2019s all that we need,\u201d Coger replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden: \u201cI\u2019m the\u2014I\u2019m a professor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woman: \u201cYou are the President, and that\u2019s all that we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cNo, I\u2019m Professor Biden from Penn.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aiii6zBjr2\">pic.twitter.com\/aiii6zBjr2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia (@Jules31415) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jules31415\/status\/1514706100419010566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Professor Biden from Penn,\u201d Biden replied, referring to his largely symbolic role as a paid professor at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania from 2017-2019.<\/p>\n<p>He continued speaking adding his signature phrase \u201call kidding aside\u201d to reduce the tension in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/joe-biden-penn-salary-lectures-20190712.html\">paid<\/a> more than $900,000 at the university in the newly created position of Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The president again referred to his job as a professor during his speech to students in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been to a lot of university campuses, as a matter of fact, for four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania,\u201d he boasted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20667098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239983664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20667098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239983664-1024x657-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to guests during a visit to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University on April 14, 2022 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Allison Joyce\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden frequently talks about his role as a \u201cprofessor\u201d at the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of you know, before I became President \u2014 I\u2019m sure you all know this \u2014 I was the Ben Franklin Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania,\u201d Biden said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/remarks-signing-hr-3076-the-postal-service-reform-act-2022\">during<\/a> a speech on the Post Office noting he put a portrait of Franklin in his office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if I didn\u2019t put that up, there\u2019d be no \u2014 nobody I knew would get into University of Pennsylvania Biden said before adding, \u201cI\u2019m only kidding. That\u2019s a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with historian Heather Cox Richardson in February, Biden also burnished his academic credentials.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cYou make me miss being a professor at Penn,\u201d he said, noting he \u201ctook a professorship at the University of Pennsylvania on presidential politics and history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoy teaching and writing,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/02\/04\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-place-in-the-world\/\">speech<\/a> at the State Department after becoming president, Biden again spoke about his role as a professor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want you all to know in the press, I was the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Presidential Politics at Penn.\u201d he bragged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden lashed out at a college academic dean on Thursday as he toured North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. 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