President Joe Biden suffered another gaffe during a speech when he tried to portray his opponent, former President Donald Trump, as untrustworthy.
Biden, 81, the oldest president in US history, appeared before supporters at a Tampa community college, a week before Florida bans abortions after six weeks.
He called Trump, his opponent in the 2024 general election, solely responsible for the “cruelty and chaos” that occurred after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
However, when he did, he accidentally asked, ‘How many times do you have to prove that we can’t be trusted?’
ABC News He tried to cover up for the president, replacing the word “we” with “he” when describing the speech, although he was clearly heard saying “we.”
President Joe Biden suffered another gaffe during a speech when he attempted to paint his opponent, former President Donald Trump, as untrustworthy.
Biden, 81, the oldest president in US history, appeared before supporters at a Tampa community college, a week before Florida bans abortions after six weeks.
In 2024 alone, Biden made several mistakes: He publicly forgot the name of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s widow, forgot that a German chancellor he had spoken to died in 2017, and confused the leaders of Egypt and Mexico.
Biden was trying to describe Trump’s rhetoric on abortion, blaming him for the end of Roe v. Wade and any future setbacks.
“He described the Dobbs decision as a miracle,” Biden said of Trump. “I think it comes from that Bible he’s trying to sell.”
“I almost wanted to buy one just to see what the heck is in it,” Biden added of the $60 purchase.
In January, just days before the Iowa caucuses, which Trump easily won, the former Republican president participated in a Fox News town hall and boasted of the “miracle” of ending women’s constitutional right to an abortion.
Former President Donald Trump, who was in court Tuesday, holds up a Bible he is selling for $60.
Trump warned, however, that Republicans who support extreme bans are being “decimated” in the election.
Biden pointed to that political reality Tuesday, noting that Trump is “concerned” about voters’ plan to hold the presumptive Republican nominee accountable.
“Donald Trump is concerned that voters will hold him accountable for the cruelty and chaos he has created,” Biden said.
“The bad news for Trump is that we will hold him accountable,” Biden continued. “We are…he should be held accountable.”
Florida voters have the ability to rescind the abortion ban if they approve Amendment 4 in November, which would allow abortions up to the point of viability, which is generally considered around 24 weeks.
That measure needs the support of 60% of Florida voters.
Biden’s campaign hopes to energize enough pro-choice voters to give the president a chance to flip the state.
Trump won Florida by a 3.4-point margin in the 2020 campaign, improving on his performance four years earlier, when he beat Hillary Clinton in the state by 1.6 points.
“I think Florida is in play nationally,” Biden said after his prepared remarks.
“These elections are basic, old-fashioned elections,” the president continued, explaining that everything will focus on participation.
The Biden campaign maintains that once Florida’s law goes into effect, there will effectively be an abortion ban in the entire southeastern part of the nation.
Nearly 7,000 women traveled from out of state last year to have an abortion performed by doctors in Florida, according to a report from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
Florida voters have the ability to rescind the abortion ban if they approve Amendment 4 in November, which would allow abortions up to the point of viability, which is generally considered around 24 weeks.
That measure needs 60% support from voters.
Trump has yet to say how he would vote on Amendment 4.
Abortion is prohibited in most cases in 14 states.
Seven other states have restrictions that prevent abortion between six and 18 weeks of pregnancy.