JOE Biden called Kamala Harris the president in another gaffe this week. During a press conference touting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout on Thursday, Biden, 78, experienced a slip of the tongue about his second-in-command. “The hardest hit and suffered the most especially black, latino, native american, and rural communities,” he began Biden went on to […]
JOE Biden called Kamala Harris the president in another gaffe this week.
During a press conference touting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout on Thursday, Biden, 78, experienced a slip of the tongue about his second-in-command.
“The hardest hit and suffered the most especially black, latino, native american, and rural communities,” he began
Biden went on to say that he believed that efficiency had to be met with “fairness” before the gaffe.
“President Harris and I took a virtual tour of a vaccination center in Arizona not long ago,” he said after a brief pause.
“One of the nurses on that tour injecting people giving vaccinations said that each shot was like administerig a dose of hope
Biden didn’t acknowledge his mistake and went on to explain the benefits of the vaccine rollout.
His comments come after a UK-based bookmaker flagged Harris as a promising 2024 Democratic frontrunner earlier this month.
Ladbrokes odds indicated that she is favourite to be next president, with 22.2percent implied probability to Biden’s 20percent chance and Donald Trump’s has 14.3 percent probability, Reuters reported.
The bookies issued a statement which read: “The former POTUS is just 6/1 in the betting to win the 2024 U.S. Election, while he’s the 3/1 favourite to be the 2024 GOP nominee,” Ladbrokes said.
“Donald Trump’s time in politics is far from over if the latest odds are anything to go by, and while Kamala Harris currently heads the next election winner betting, Trump isn’t far behind,” Ladbrokes said.
The gaffe comes after Biden’s more intentional comment directed at Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Putin has quipped that he wishes Joe Biden “good health” in a veiled threat after the US president labelled him a “killer”.
The Russian president retaliated today with a childish jibe saying “it takes one to know one” after Biden denounced him and said he would “pay a price” for election meddling.
When asked if Biden believes Putin is a killer during a revealing interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, the president replied: “Mmm hmm, I do.”
Now, Putin has said the Biden’s remarks about him reflect US own past and current problems during a video call with residents of Crimea marking the anniversary of its 2014 annexation from Ukraine.
The Russian leader pointed at America’s past history of slaughtering Native Americans and slavery, arguing that the painful legacy has weighed on the United States.
“Otherwise where would the Black Lives Matter movement come from”, he said.
He added that Russia would still cooperate with the United States where it answers Moscows interests and wished BIden “good health” – intensifying the ongoing diplomatic spat.
Biden was also asked about a US chief intelligence brief that was issued on Tuesday stating that President Vladimir Putin “authorised” and oversaw covert operations aimed at “denigrating Biden’s candidacy”.
