He confused Obama and Biden at least seven times between September and November of last year, according to Forbes. Trump has mixed up Biden and former President Barack Obama's names several times during campaign stops. On the campaign trail, Trump has also made a series of gaffes that have been criticized. Hur released the report following an investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents that were found at his home in Delaware and at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.īiden criticized Hur's categorization of his memory, saying, 'I'm well-meaning and I'm an elderly man, and I know what I'm doing,' and added that he didn't need anyone to remind him when his son, Beau, died. The Republican National Committee noted on X: 'BIDEN, reading from his teleprompter: 'Four more years? Pause?' It's all completely staged.'īiden has continued to dismiss concerns about his age and joked about his memory following the publication of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report on February 8 that described the president as an 'elderly man with a poor memory.' Here, he reads the 'pause' instruction - such directions are clearly differentiated on his screen, usually with multiple parentheses, telling the speaker 'don't say this part'!!!'Ĭonservative radio host Clay Travis wrote on X: 'Joe Biden read the instruction 'pause' on the teleprompter.

Steve Cortes, a former adviser and spokesperson for Trump's 20 campaigns, took aim at Biden on X, writing: 'Biden's teleprompter blunders would be funny if he weren't president. On Wednesday, Biden spoke at the 2024 North America's Building Trades Unions conference in Washington, D.C., after being endorsed for reelection by the group. He has, however, often received acclaim for his energy and clarity in high-importance speeches, including his last two State of the Union addresses. Biden's age has long been under scrutiny from critics across the political spectrum, with his verbal gaffes in speeches receiving particular attention. Questions relating to the age and mental fitness of Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, have been consistent talking points during the 2024 election. Hypothetical general election matchups have generally shown the two in a neck-and-neck race. A gaffe during President Joe Biden's speech on Wednesday at the North America's Building Trades Unions conference has sparked jokes among conservatives across social media.īiden and former President Donald Trump have clinched the presidential nominations for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, but a rematch of 2020 is unpopular, with voters routinely telling pollsters that they believe neither should get a second term.

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