{"id":2293726,"date":"2024-07-12T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-downplays-gaffes-hes-been-making-them-for-40-years-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:58:21","slug":"biden-campaign-downplays-gaffes-hes-been-making-them-for-40-years-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-downplays-gaffes-hes-been-making-them-for-40-years-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden campaign downplays gaffes: He&#8217;s been making them &#8216;for 40 years&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-campaign-downplays-gaffes-hes-been-making-them-for-40-years-washington-examiner%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=2293726&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>The\u200c article\u200b discusses how the\u200b Biden campaign is embracing gaffes and setting expectations for more as \u2062the\u200c President \u200ccontinues to\u2062 make verbal missteps. Campaign communications\u2062 director\u200d Michael Tyler acknowledged Biden&#8217;s history \u200bof\u2063 gaffes \u200cand emphasized that\u2064 voters should\u2062 focus on the\u200c President&#8217;s\u2062 leadership on complex\u200c global \u200dissues. The \u200dcampaign surprised critics by sharing a video clip of Biden \u2063confusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Russian \u200dPresident \u200bVladimir Putin, \u200cwith former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield defending the clip as\u200c showing Biden \u2062correcting himself. The \u2062article highlights the campaign&#8217;s strategy of addressing Biden&#8217;s verbal mistakes and\u200d focusing on his \u2062leadership qualities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden campaign now embracing gaffes and sets expectations for more<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/naomi-lim\/\">Naomi Lim<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T17:08:01-04:00\">July 12, 2024 5:08 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701218\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s campaign quipped that the president has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-scrambles-to-correct-after-biden-confuses-rugby-team-with-paramilitary-group\/\" title=\"White House Scrambles To Correct After Biden Confuses Rugby Team With Paramilitary Group\">making verbal missteps<\/a> his entire career when quizzed on mistakes he made during the 75th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NATO<\/a> summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden has been making gaffes for 40 years. He made a couple last night. He\u2019ll probably continue to do so,\u201d Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told reporters Friday. \u201cOur opponent is somebody who recently out on the stump called for a bloodbath if he loses, is pledging to rule as a dictator on day one, and pledging to ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> nationwide across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf voters watched the totality of that press conference, they saw the president lead on the global stage, talk about complex issues, the ways in which he has rallied [the] West after Putin\u2019s invasion, the ways in which he has been working on securing a ceasefire framework in the Middle East,\u201d he said. \u201cThey saw him present a clear choice against the opponent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, who just laid out all the fundamental threats he poses to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign surprised critics this week when it circulated on social media a video clip of Biden confusing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukrainian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a> before correcting himself.<\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> and 2020 Biden campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield defended her successors\u2019 decision, contending the clip provided context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBECAUSE IT FULLY CAPTURES THAT HE CORRECTED HIMSELF AND JOKED ABOUT IT,\u201d Bedingfield posted on X. \u201cI understand the increased scrutiny on his performance; I do not understand treating this obvious misspeak like a five alarm fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BECAUSE IT FULLY CAPTURES THAT HE CORRECTED HIMSELF AND JOKED ABOUT IT<\/p>\n<p>I understand the increased scrutiny on his performance; I do not understand treating this obvious misspeak like a five alarm fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iBuJIeSfPU\">https:\/\/t.co\/iBuJIeSfPU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Bedingfield (@KBeds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBeds\/status\/1811587232735584646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">During his White House-described \u201cbig boy\u201d press conference, Biden also misspoke, alluding to Trump instead of Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLook, I wouldn\u2019t have picked\u00a0Vice\u00a0President Trump to be\u00a0vice\u00a0president\u00a0did I think she was not qualified to be\u00a0president,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump immediately mocked Biden for the misidentification, writing online that the president did a \u201cgreat job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked as he was departing the press conference for his response, Biden flipped his typically \u201cwatch me\u201d reaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatch him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is on the campaign trail in Michigan on Friday before traveling to Texas on Monday, where he will be interviewed by NBC\u2019s Lester Holt, and Nevada on Tuesday and Wednesday. Despite his steadier performance during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-survives-big-boy-press-conference-but-ends-day-bruised-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden survives &#039;big boy&#039; press conference but ends day bruised - Washington Examiner\">press conference compared<\/a> to last month\u2019s shaky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>, another House Democrat, Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA), told the president he should step down as the party\u2019s nominee.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701218\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701218\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden campaign is now embracing the president&#8217;s verbal missteps and setting expectations for more, acknowledging that he has been making gaffes throughout his career. They defended his recent mistakes during the NATO summit, emphasizing that voters should focus on his leadership on the global stage and the clear choice he presents against his opponent, Donald Trump. The campaign also circulated a video clip of Biden confusing Ukrainian President Zelensky with Russian President Putin, with former communications director Kate Bedingfield arguing that it was just a simple misspeak that should not be blown out of proportion. Despite some criticism, Biden continues his campaign trail, with upcoming events in Michigan, Texas, and Nevada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2293727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-biden-july-press-conference.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34857,32245,15541,12459,32076],"class_list":["post-2293726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-40-years","tag-biden-campaign","tag-downplays","tag-gaffes","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-biden-july-press-conference.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}