Be serious man!
Joe Biden raised his eyebrows on Tuesday when he accidentally referred to Kamala Harris as the “president-elect.”
The true president-elect was commenting on the COVID-19 crisis in Wilmington, Del., When he offered his vice president a massive promotion.
“I hope the president will clearly and unequivocally urge all Americans to get the vaccine once it is available,” Biden said.
“I took it to instil public confidence in the vaccine. President-elect Harris took hers today for the same reason, “he continued after Harris received the jab earlier Tuesday.
Biden, 78, has been hampered by suggestions that he is experiencing cognitive decline as a result of White House action from repeated blunders and other cases where Biden has become confused or tongue-tied.
But Tuesday’s news conference, in which he mistakenly referred to Harris as the true commander-in-chief, will certainly delight critics of Biden, who says the 56-year-old California senator will be the one to lead.
During the campaign, Biden insisted that Harris would be ready to lead “from day one,” appearing to address concerns about his advanced age and suggesting he would be a president with a term.
It became an awkward joke, with the pair repeatedly making the Freudian slip.
During a virtual roundtable in September, Harris, then the vice presidential candidate, referred to the “Harris administration” as he discussed economic plans.
“A Harris administration, along with Joe Biden as president of the United States,” she said before correcting her documentation.
A few days later, Biden also mistakenly referred to his presidential ticket as the “Harris-Biden” campaign.
Conservatives have called Harris the “socialist Trojan horse,” claiming she will push an ultra-progressive agenda and make Biden her puppet.
This is a characterization that Biden strongly rejected, declaring: “I am the Democratic Party now” during his first presidential debate with President Trump.