But she's first rate, I mean that sincerely, she's first rate." quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. Let's get that straight," Biden said, The Telegraph reported. "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice-president of the United States of America. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed," Biden said.īut as FactCheck pointed out, Herbert Hoover was president during the 1929 Wall Street Crash and television didn't exist.Īt a New Hampshire rally, Biden second-guessed Obama's choice for vice president. "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Bush administration's handling of the financial crisis.
In an interview with CBS Evening News, Biden criticized the George W. She told the Washington Post that she appreciated "some parts" of his apologies but "I still don't think it takes ownership of his role in what happened." Biden said he had believed Anita Hill at the time, and that he owed her an apology. The rise of the #MeToo movement, including accusations against Harvey Weinstein and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, reopened the issue of Biden's conduct of the Senate hearings. The name that was referred to was Long Dong Silver." Biden asked her to describe her most embarrassing encounter with Thomas-"Can you tell us how you felt at the time? Were you uncomfortable, were you embarrassed, did it not concern you? How did you feel about it?"-and pushed an obviously reluctant Hill to say the name of a pornographic film star whom Thomas had alluded to. Several months after ending his campaign, Biden was treated for two brain aneurysms there was speculation that the then-undiagnosed illness might have contributed to his plagiarism.Īs chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, Biden took a leading role in questioning Anita Hill, who had accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harrassment. In earlier speeches Biden had credited Kinnock-but in any case, he misrepresented his backround. "I started thinking as I was coming over here, why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university? Why is it that my wife who is sitting out there in the audience is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not bright? Is it because I'm the first Biden in a thousand generations to get a college and a graduate degree that I was smarter than the rest?" Kinnock said: "Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Why is Glenys the first woman in her family in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Was it because all our predecessors were thick?" I gotta get this straight," Biden said.īiden dropped out of the 1988 presidential race after reports that he'd copied a speech delivered months earlier by British Labour Party politician Neil Kinnock. "His mom lived in Long Island for 10 years or so, god rest her soul, and, er, although she's, wait-your mom's still alive. Patrick's Day reception for the then Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in 2010, Biden noted that the visitor's mother had lived in America. Here's a look at some of the standouts.Īt a St. Senate from Delaware in 1973, has a pattern of odd, ill-judged, plagiarized or politically problematic comments and actions. That's a matter of opinion-but it's impossible to deny that Biden, who was elected to the U.S. When Biden says something dumb, it's because he's dumb." When I say something that you might think is a gaffe, it's on purpose it's not a gaffe. "I hope it's Biden," he told a group of television anchors before his State of the Union address. President Trump said he's eager to battle Biden for the White House.
He turned his confession into a dig at Donald Trump-"But my God, what a wonderful thing compared to a guy who can't tell the truth"-but now the former vice president has entered the 2020 presidential race, he might regret some of his stumbles. Joe Biden admits it: "I am a gaffe machine," he said in December 2018.
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