{"id":2383502,"date":"2024-12-25T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T12:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gaffes-the-presidents-10-most-notable-slip-ups-of-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T07:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T12:34:58","slug":"biden-gaffes-the-presidents-10-most-notable-slip-ups-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gaffes-the-presidents-10-most-notable-slip-ups-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden gaffes: The president&#8217;s 10 most notable slip-ups of 2024"},"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\">20<\/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-gaffes-the-presidents-10-most-notable-slip-ups-of-2024%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=2383502&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 given\u200b text provides a retrospective look at\u2063 President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200dmost <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">notable verbal blunders<\/a> of 2024,framing him as a &#8220;gaffe-machine&#8221; akin to former President George W. Bush. It highlights several specific gaffes,\u200d starting with Biden mistakenly identifying a random woman as a congresswoman in January. Subsequent blunders include confusing French presidents, mispronouncing names during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-red-states-have-reacted-in-the-month-since-scotus-overturned-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"How Red States Have Reacted in the Month Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade\">high-profile speech<\/a>, and\u2063 reading\u2063 teleprompter directions out loud. Biden \u2063also notably referred to &#8220;Vice President Trump&#8221; instead of Vice President Kamala \u2063Harris and incorrectly stated he served as\u2064 vice president during the pandemic. These incidents reflect a trend of\u200d confusion and slip-ups that have characterized Biden&#8217;s public speaking, with the article suggesting these \u200dgaffes have not helped his case\u2064 as he approaches the end of his presidency. \u2064As \u2063the article continues,it\u200d underscores that while ther were fewer gaffes\u2064 in the latter half of the year,the mistakes remained \u2063significant and continued to attract attention.  <\/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&rsquo;s 10 most notable gaffes of 2024<\/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_1905782\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The new year marks a sad farewell for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, the self-proclaimed gaffe-machine in chief who has spoken more memorable word twistings than anyone this side of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-life-arts\/3189277\/remembering-the-bushisms-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George W. Bush\">George W. Bush<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After documenting his best blunders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1429546\/year-in-review-bidens-top-10-blunders-of-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2022\">2022<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2708481\/bidens-eight-most-notable-gaffes-of-2023-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2023\">2023<\/a>, the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>commemorates Biden&rsquo;s top gaffes of the year for the last time in 2024 &mdash;&nbsp;unless he really goes on a tear between now and Jan. 20, when President-elect Donald Trump takes over.<\/p>\n<p>Without further delay, here are President Biden&rsquo;s most notable verbal slips of the year. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Biden confuses random woman for member of Congress<\/h2>\n<p>The year started inauspiciously for Biden, who in January mistook a woman he apparently took a picture with for Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC), who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2806113\/joe-biden-mistook-deborah-ross-female-attendee-bidenomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"not present at the time\">not present at the time<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden recognizes Rep. Deborah Ross: &#8220;Where&#8217;s Deborah? I just had my picture taken with her &hellip; Oh, she couldn&#8217;t be here, actually. That&#8217;s not true. I got it mixed up.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mjxfcmoIxk\">pic.twitter.com\/mjxfcmoIxk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1748059475208999198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 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>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to mention congresswoman Deborah Ross, where&rsquo;s Deborah?&rdquo; Biden asked during a speech on Bidenomics. &ldquo;I just had my picture taken with her, that&rsquo;s probably why she left.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Biden added, &ldquo;Oh, she couldn&rsquo;t be here, actually. That&rsquo;s not true. I got it mixed up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&rsquo;t be the last time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Biden mixes up French president with deceased predecessor<\/h2>\n<p>Things got messier in February, when Biden confused current French President Emmanuel Macron with former French President Fran&ccedil;ois Mitterrand &mdash; who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2838564\/biden-mixes-up-frances-leader-macron-mitterrand-dead-28-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"died in 1996\">died in 1996<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Joe Biden says he recently met with &ldquo;Mitterand from Germany.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mitterand was the FRENCH President between 1981 and 1995.<\/p>\n<p>He also died in 1996. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W0YPBDp69n\">pic.twitter.com\/W0YPBDp69n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaheemKassam\/status\/1754606767898849444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>In fact, Biden called the deceased leader &ldquo;Mitterand from Germany&rdquo; before partially correcting himself to say &ldquo;from France.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Right after I was elected, I went to what they call a G7 meeting, all the NATO leaders,&rdquo; Biden, then 81, said. &ldquo;I sat down, and I said, &lsquo;America is back,&rsquo; and Mitterand from Germany &mdash; I mean France &mdash; looked at me and said, said, &lsquo;You know, why, how long you back for?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden was making an anti-Trump point about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but this and other gaffes did not help his case throughout the year. He followed up days later by confusing former German Chancellor Angela Merkel with her predecessor Helmut Kohl, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2844491\/biden-says-european-leader-who-died-in-2017-attended-2021-meeting-days-after-macron-mix-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"died in 2017\">died in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. MTG taunt prompts State of the Union gaffe<\/h2>\n<p>The president was still hoping to be reelected when he made a fiery State of the Union speech in March that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/03\/07\/biden-state-of-the-union-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"widely praised\">widely praised<\/a> in the press. <\/p>\n<p>Yet even there he stumbled into a blunder or two. Most notable was when Biden, prompted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA), mentioned the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley at the hands of an illegal immigrant. However, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2910003\/state-of-the-union-2024-biden-lincoln-riley-mtg-taunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appeared to say\">appeared to say<\/a> &ldquo;Lincoln Riley&rdquo; instead. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welp!<\/p>\n<p>Biden holds up the Laken Riley pin that MTG gave him, then mispronounces her name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lincoln Riley, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-of-the-union-2024-biden-met-with-gop-heckling-despite-johnson-pleas-for-decorum\/\" title=\"State of the Union 2024: Biden met with GOP heckling despite Johnson pleas for decorum\">innocent young woman<\/a> who was killed by an illegal. That&rsquo;s right! But how many of the thousands of people are being killed by illegals!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y2xTD5kW64\">pic.twitter.com\/y2xTD5kW64<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinbaragona\/status\/1765940061940469805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What about Laken Riley?&rdquo; Greene repeatedly yelled out from her seat on the chamber floor.<\/p>\n<p>Biden paused and then looked to his right, where he had set a &ldquo;Laken Riley&rdquo; pin that Greene had handed him during his procession onto the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Biden picked up the pin and said, &ldquo;Lincoln Riley? An innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal! That&rsquo;s right? But how many of thousands of people are being killed by legals?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He later said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2912669\/biden-regrets-calling-murder-suspect-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"regrets\">regretted<\/a> using the term &ldquo;illegals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. &ldquo;Four more years&hellip; Pause&rdquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The teleprompter caused more than one issue for Biden during his presidency, including in April, when he appeared to read directions off of it that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2978171\/biden-bungles-stage-direction-reads-pause-teleprompter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"intended for the audience\">intended for the audience<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Folks, imagine what we can do next. Four more years. Pause,&rdquo; Biden said before the crowd at his speech began a &ldquo;four more years&rdquo; chant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN, reading from his teleprompter: &#8220;Four more years? Pause?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all completely staged. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vqkIt0SSTF\">pic.twitter.com\/vqkIt0SSTF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1783181170751992121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Biden looked confused for a second, then, appearing to realize what happened, broke into his trademark grin. <\/p>\n<p>Wasting no time, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2987379\/trump-mocks-bidens-pause-blunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pointed out the gaffe\">pointed out the gaffe<\/a> shortly after, with his campaign sharing the clip and calling Biden &ldquo;cognitively impaired.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Vice President during the pandemic?<\/h2>\n<p>Biden enjoyed a long run as vice president from 2009 to early 2017, but appeared to imply he held the post in 2020 during remarks this May. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I was vice president, things were kinda bad during the pandemic,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Barack [Obama] said to me, &lsquo;Go to Detroit, and help fix it!&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN: &#8220;When I was vice president, things were kinda bad during the pandemic&hellip;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Biden was not vice president during the pandemic) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/McZXfjgr2u\">pic.twitter.com\/McZXfjgr2u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1792345714980258025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Going to Detroit probably wouldn&rsquo;t have helped much during the pandemic &mdash;&nbsp;if Biden would even be allowed to go &mdash; but the White House later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3016482\/white-house-corrects-bidens-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"corrected the transcript\">corrected the transcript<\/a> to read &ldquo;during the recession.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. First black woman to be Vice President?<\/h2>\n<p>A related error took place later in the summer, when Biden appeared to say that he himself was the &ldquo;first vice president, first black woman to serve with a black president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: President Joe Biden announced on a Philadelphia radio station that he&#8217;s proud to be the first black woman to serve with a black president causing many listeners to be confused <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bPyEZOfooL\">pic.twitter.com\/bPyEZOfooL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsalerts\/status\/1808966525178818897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>This particular gaffe came after Biden&rsquo;s disastrous June 27 debate performance, at a point when politicos were starting to wonder if Vice President Kamala Harris &mdash; the person Biden was trying to reference &mdash;&nbsp;could take his place. Those questions only intensified as the summer progressed. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Vice President Trump?<\/h2>\n<p>Yet another Vice President-related gaffe came on July 11, when Biden was fighting for his political life.<\/p>\n<p>Holding a &ldquo;big boy&rdquo; press conference to reassert confidence in his abilities, the president instead whiffed on his very first response, referencing &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3079185\/biden-confuses-trump-harris-first-question-big-boy-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vice President Trump\">Vice President Trump<\/a>&rdquo; when he meant to say Harris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> accidentally referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as &ldquo;Vice President Trump&rdquo; during his Thursday press conference.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE BLOG: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bBKjYLi3di\">https:\/\/t.co\/bBKjYLi3di<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/biden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#biden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vicepresidenttrump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vicepresidenttrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kamalaharris?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kamalaharris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/washington?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#washington<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bigboynewsconference?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bigboynewsconference<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUglC8n5GB\">pic.twitter.com\/CUglC8n5GB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1811550761953739019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president if I thought she&rsquo;s not qualified to be president,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;So let&rsquo;s start here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Things did not improve from that point. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Too good to be true<\/h2>\n<p>Still grasping onto the Democratic nomination on July 16, Biden rolled out a policy proposal that would limit rent increases to 5% a year. Struggling once again to read the teleprompter, he squinted before announcing a different number. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NAACP Convention breaks into applause after Joe Biden just announces he is going to cap raises of rent to $55.<\/p>\n<p>That of course is not remotely true&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WWY5gO9BK7\">pic.twitter.com\/WWY5gO9BK7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKevinDalton\/status\/1813325997548445706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, folks, the idea, the idea that corporate-owned housing is able to raise your rent, [300], 400 bucks a month or something? Well, I&rsquo;m about to announce that they can&rsquo;t raise it more than&mdash;&rdquo; Biden said, pausing and leaning forward, &ldquo;$55.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the crowd loved it, the figure was too good to be true &mdash;&nbsp;and another Biden blunder. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. A shot at Trump backfires<\/h2>\n<p>Biden finally dropped his reelection bid on July 21 in favor of Harris, at which point the glare of the spotlight diminished significantly. He committed only a small handful of errors during the second half of the year, though they still managed to be impactful in their own way. <\/p>\n<p>The president often criticized Trump for using the term &ldquo;black jobs,&rdquo; only to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3153876\/biden-black-jobs-gaffe-white-house-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"use it himself\">use it himself<\/a> by accident in mid-September. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Black Jobs&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4FmzKKbPec\">pic.twitter.com\/4FmzKKbPec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1834635629285486773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With your help, in just three-and-a-half years we&rsquo;ve created over 2 million new black jobs for black &mdash;&nbsp;black Americans and black,&rdquo; the president mumbled, pausing amid laughter from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to recover, he added, &ldquo;By the way, the next black job to be filled is as president of the United States of America,&rdquo; turning the laughter into cheers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. As does another one<\/h2>\n<p>In the final days of the 2024 campaign, Biden undermined his successor&rsquo;s efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3208875\/four-times-biden-undermined-harris-campaign-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"more than once\">more than once<\/a>, perhaps never more prominently than the now-infamous &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; gaffe. <\/p>\n<p>Exactly one week before election day and with Harris about to make her closing speech, Biden referred to all Trump supporters as &ldquo;garbage,&rdquo; drawing comparisons to Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s &ldquo;basket of deplorables&rdquo; remark.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"lfHZ874HFg8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden attempts to clarify 'garbage' remark after backlash #shorts\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfHZ874HFg8?start=29&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,&rdquo; Biden said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That set off a flurry of events during which the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3212365\/white-house-changed-biden-garbage-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"altered the official transcript\">altered the official transcript<\/a> to read &ldquo;supporter&rsquo;s,&rdquo; meaning one person rather than millions of voters, and Democrats quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3208564\/biden-garbage-gaffe-trump-supporters-republicans-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"distanced themselves\">distanced themselves<\/a> from the comment. <\/p>\n<p>But the damage was done, Trump won the election, and the era of Biden gaffes will come to an end at noon on Jan. 20. <\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1905782\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1905782\"}});<\/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&#8217;s top 10 gaffes of 2024 highlight his verbal missteps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2383503,"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\/12\/Joe-Biden-gaffes.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4506,3620,12459,5894],"class_list":["post-2383502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-4506","tag-biden","tag-gaffes","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-Biden-gaffes.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383502","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383507,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383502\/revisions\/2383507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}