President Joe Biden delivered remarks Wednesday at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, celebrating bipartisan work on the issue of food insecurity.
What was thought to be a solid opportunity for Biden to exaggerate his willingness to work across the aisle quickly turned into yet another disaster for the administration.
While shouting out Indiana Republicans who worked to fund food insecurity bills, Joe Biden searched the crowd and called out for late Representative Jackie Walorski, who tragically died just months ago in an August car crash.
WATCH:
Biden: "Jackie? Where's Jackie?"
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 28, 2022
She's dead, Mr. President. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed in a car accident.
Someone get this man some help. pic.twitter.com/5w5Jt5RjKY
Later, left-wing ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega drilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the wildly disrespectful gaffe. Jean-Pierre denied that Biden misspoke, simply stating that Walorski was “top of mind” for the President.
Watch Jean-Pierre tiptoe around the question:
.@CeciliaVega: "What happened at the Hunger Event today? [Biden] appeared to look around…for…a member of Congress [Jackie Walorski] who passed away last month…What happened there?"
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 28, 2022
KJP: He "was acknowledging her incredible work…She was on his mind…top of mind" pic.twitter.com/LhEECd4QBR
Vega isn’t the only left-wing reporter seemingly flabbergasted by Joe Biden’s lapse in memory. MSNBC reporter Sam Stein also noted the White House’s Soviet-Esque coverup of a clearly-dire situation in the Oval:
The White House won't concede that Biden misspoke when he asked if the recently deceased Rep. Walorski was in attendance today.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 28, 2022
In a clip posted by ABC News, the viewer can hear reporters pleading with Jean-Pierre for clarification, with one noting that the American people are questioning Biden’s cognitive state.
"I mean I have John Lennon top of mind every day, but I'm not looking around for him."
— ABC News (@ABC) September 29, 2022
White House press briefing becomes contentious over explanation of Pres. Biden appearing to call out to the late Rep. Walorski during an event. https://t.co/mLtQMkEHSL pic.twitter.com/PSGxUEJG9V
One Response
Wow, this Administration is really scared. They do not even recognize the fact that Biden is out of it. He needs to be removed either by Impeacmdnt or 25th Is the 25th an amendment, Bill or what. I know Pelosi has thrown this ariund.