Joe Biden is pretty much a confused mess on any given day of the week, but on Friday he kicked it up a notch during a gun control speech he gave at the National Safer Communities Summit, which was held at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.
As Biden wrapped up the event, he looked at the crowd and said “All right? God save the Queen, man,” which didn’t make sense for a couple of reasons, with the first one being that Queen Elizabeth died last September and the second one being that Joe Biden is not the U.K.’s Prime Minister.
Watch the clip below, and take note of Biden’s confusion before he’s directed on which way to go:
Biden’s statement had some wondering if he even remembered that the Queen was no longer with us:
His remarks also left even the members of the mainstream press confused, as noted by Dallas Morning News White House bureau chief Todd Gillman, who was one of the pool reporters at the gathering:
As per the norm, Biden’s handlers on his comms teams had to spring into action in an attempt at damage control, but their explanation left quite a bit to be desired:
The comment puzzled some people because Queen Elizabeth II died last September, but White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Alair Dalton said Biden’s remark was directed at someone in the audience. Dalton said Biden was unable to do a full rope line, where he usually interacts with audience members in close spaces, because he needed to leave as a storm approached. After the summit, Biden flew to Westchester County Airport to attend a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser at the Greenwich home of hedge fund founder Stephen F. Mandel.”He couldn’t do the full rope line due to weather, and was commenting to someone in the crowd,” Dalton wrote in an email.
Because the White House’s official explainer didn’t quite cut it, political observers were left speculating as to what he meant and why he said it:
Some even tried to provide helpful translations:
At the same event, Biden also told an audience member “Don’t make me a dog-faced lyin’ pony soldier!” which is a comment he’s been known to make before while attributing it to a John Wayne movie, though there is no record of a John Wayne movie with that line in it:
So my question at this point is that if Joe Biden wanted to tell us in no uncertain terms that he is unfit for another four years in the Oval Office, what exactly would he do differently?
God help us all.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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