{"id":2359693,"date":"2024-10-25T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-nothing-wrong-with-me-at-native-american-event-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T16:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:03:36","slug":"biden-says-nothing-wrong-with-me-at-native-american-event-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-nothing-wrong-with-me-at-native-american-event-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden says &#8216;nothing wrong with me&#8217; at Native American event &#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\">26<\/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-says-nothing-wrong-with-me-at-native-american-event-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=2359693&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>President Joe \u200dBiden delivered a formal \u200bapology \u2063to\u200d Native Americans for the U.S. government&#8217;s\u2062 role in the abusive \u2063boarding school system that operated\u200d for over 150 \u200byears.\u2063 Speaking at the Gila River Indian\u2062 Community\u200c in \u200cArizona, Biden\u2063 expressed his \u200cremorse for a policy that forcibly removed thousands of Native American\u2062 children from their\u200c families, aiming to assimilate them into European-American culture. He acknowledged that\u2062 this apology was long overdue,\u2064 stating that \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">federal government<\/a> \u200bhad never \u200dbefore offered a formal apology for these\u2063 actions.<\/p>\n<p>During his\u2062 speech, Biden encountered difficulties, misreading\u2064 the name of the Gila River\u200d Indian Community from \u200chis teleprompter and\u200d responding, &#8220;There\u2019s \u2064nothing wrong\u2062 with me,&#8221; which drew\u200d attention. He also faced interruption from \u2062a protester advocating for\u2063 Palestinian rights, to which he responded by recognizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ongoing violence affecting \u2062innocent lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden emphasized that\u2062 the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-commerce-secretary-is-a-former-venture-capitalist-but-some-gopers-warn-shell-be-soft-on-china\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Is A Former Venture Capitalist, But Some GOPers Warn She\u2019ll Be \u2018Soft On China\u2019\">boarding schools<\/a> caused profound harm, displacing children and often exposing them to physical and\u200c emotional\u2064 abuse. He noted that \u200creports from the Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland, revealed\u2063 nearly 18,000 \u200bchildren were taken from their homes, with many suffering\u200c greatly\u200b and nearly 1,000 reported deaths associated with this \u2063system.<\/p>\n<p>The president \u200ddescribed the\u200d legacy of these schools as a dark chapter in American\u200c history, urging the nation to confront and \u2062acknowledge \u2062this painful past as part of a\u200b broader effort to\u200d build a better future for all.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden says &lsquo;nothing wrong with me&rsquo; after stumbling over Native American name<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1845683\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s apology on Friday to Native Americans didn&rsquo;t go so smoothly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Speaking at the Gila River Indian Community in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona<\/a>, Biden expressed remorse for a federal government policy that took thousands of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/native-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Native American&nbsp;<\/a>children from their parents and forced them into boarding schools for more than 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>But the outgoing president, 81, misread the Gila River Indian Community&rsquo;s name from his teleprompter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing wrong with me,&rdquo; he said after stumbling over the words.<\/p>\n<p>Biden then appeared to reference former Arizona Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gabby-giffords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gabrielle Giffords<\/a>, the wife of Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Kelly<\/a>&nbsp;(D-AZ), in the past tense.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s speech was also interrupted by a pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palestinian<\/a>, pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaza<\/a>&nbsp;protester. He encouraged the crowd to &ldquo;let her talk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of innocent people being killed. There&rsquo;s a lot of innocent people being killed, and it has to stop,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The event itself was meant to right the wrongs from the past.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The federal government has never, never formally apologized for what happened &mdash; until today,&rdquo; Biden told the Native American audience. &ldquo;I formally apologize as president of the United States of America for what we did. I formally apologize, and it&rsquo;s long overdue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Near&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phoenix<\/a>, Biden underscored that it has been a decade since a sitting president has traveled to Indian country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s simply far too long,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m here today. Not only to fulfill my promise but, more importantly, to right a wrong. To chart a new path towards a better future for us all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Interior Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deb-haaland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Deb Haaland<\/a>, the first Native American to lead the department, launched an&nbsp;investigation&nbsp;into the&nbsp;Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative shortly after she was confirmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>. At least 18,000 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children, some as young as 4 years of age, were taken from their parents and enrolled in the institutions from 1819 to the 1970s as part of an effort to assimilate them into white society. Almost a thousand died, and others experienced physical and emotional abuse, according to Haaland&rsquo;s reports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It should be a shame, a chapter that most Americans don&rsquo;t know about, the vast majority don&rsquo;t even know about,&rdquo; Biden said Friday, describing it as &ldquo;a sin on our soul.&rdquo; &ldquo;I believe it&rsquo;s very important that we do know there were generations of Native children stolen, taken away to places they didn&rsquo;t know with people they never met who spoke a language they had never heard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re a great nation,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re the greatest of nations. We do not erase history. We make history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Haaland, who was at the event, became emotional when she addressed the crowd as she spoke about the investigation, her recommendations, and her &ldquo;Road to Healing&rdquo; program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Despite everything that has happened, we are still here,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We are here, healing our souls and carrying the strength of those who came before us.&rdquo;<a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"more-section-display-name\" style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); background-color: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; display: block; height: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--headerHeight) + var(--hatHeight) + 20px); visibility: hidden;\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: AP, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1845683\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1845683\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden claims &#8220;nothing wrong with me&#8221; after mispronouncing Native name<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2359694,"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\/10\/biden-arizona-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,43742,32603,40287,32076],"class_list":["post-2359693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-native-american-event","tag-political-news","tag-public-statements","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-arizona-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359693","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=2359693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}