Kamala Harris accidentally referred to Joe Biden as the “vice president,” echoing a verbal gaffe her boss made earlier during a July 4 event at the White House.
While many wondered if she could replace Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee if he dropped out, she appeared positively excited as she gave the speech.
He said: ‘We thank our commander in chief, the Vice President of the United States! The extraordinary President of the United States, Joe Biden!’
Biden then received applause from the Washington crowd and wished everyone a happy Independence Day amid calls for his resignation from many of his fellow Democrats.
The brief gaffe was similar to one Biden himself had made in an interview with a black radio station in Philadelphia.
Kamala Harris accidentally referred to Joe Biden as the “vice president,” echoing a verbal gaffe her boss made earlier during a Fourth of July event at the White House.
While many wondered whether she could replace Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee if he dropped out, Harris seemed positively excited as she introduced Biden.
The gaffe-prone 81-year-old president stumbled during Thursday’s interview with Philadelphia’s WURD, apparently confusing himself with his vice president, Kamala Harris. He ended up referring to himself as a Black woman in a video that has raised further concerns about his fitness for office.
“By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, the first black woman… to work with a black president. Proud to be the first black woman on the Supreme Court. There’s so much we can do because, look… we are the United States of America.”
Biden appeared to be highlighting his appointment of Kamala Harris as the first Black female vice president of the United States.
It is confusing that he himself has previously served as vice president, and that is likely what he meant when he said “serving under a black president.”
The Supreme Court reference refers to Ketanji Brown-Jackson, the first Black woman to serve as a judge, who was appointed by Biden in 2022.
It was all smiles between Biden and Harris at the White House Fourth of July event on Thursday night.
Later, during the evening fireworks, she stood on the balcony with her family, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, in a clear show of support.
At one point, Harris grabbed Biden’s hand and held it in the air, and then the two hugged.
Later, during the evening fireworks, Biden stood on the balcony with his family, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, in a clear show of support.
At one point, Harris grabbed Biden’s hand and held it in the air, and then the two hugged.
Biden on Thursday entered a critical stretch in his effort to salvage his threatened reelection campaign, facing a growing sense that he may have just days to make a persuasive case that he is fit for office before Democratic support for him evaporates entirely.
In the wake of Biden’s disastrous performance in last week’s debate against Republican Donald Trump, some financial backers were postponing or canceling upcoming fundraising events, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss private discussions.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Biden told a crowd gathered for a Fourth of July barbecue on the South Lawn of the White House.
At that same South Lawn event, however, he continued to struggle to go off script Thursday when he tried to insert a jab at former President Donald Trump into his Fourth of July remarks.
President and First Lady Jill Biden, along with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, spoke with military families.
The 81-year-old is under heavy scrutiny following his botched debate performance last Thursday, with a handful of Democratic lawmakers saying publicly they believe Biden should drop out of the presidential race.
The White House has pointed to an upcoming interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos to demonstrate that Biden is capable of speaking off the cuff, but he flubbed his remarks when he came off the teleprompter on Thursday.
“By the way, you know I was in that World War I cemetery in France and one of our colleagues, a former president, didn’t want to go and be there,” Biden said. “I probably shouldn’t even say that. Anyway,” he continued, lowering his voice.
Harris’s brief gaffe was similar to one Biden himself had made in an interview with a black radio station in Philadelphia.
At another point in the speech he said again: “By the way.”
“I’ve been all over the world,” he said, lowering his voice to a whisper. “I’ve been in and out of battles, anyway. They’re amazing,” he told the military members and their families gathered on the South Lawn.
The president began greeting members of the crowd when he was told that his presence outside meant no more guests would be allowed inside the White House gates.
Biden promised to come back and talk to people.
One supporter shouted: “Keep fighting. We need you.”
“You got me, man. I’m not going anywhere.”
There was a cloud hanging over Thursday’s festivities, and it wasn’t just the flurry of words that suddenly appeared in the late afternoon, as Biden’s political future hung in the balance.
After Democratic governors expressed support, albeit initially lukewarm, for the president’s decision to stay in the race, those at the meeting began leaking juicy details to the press.
At an event Thursday morning on the South Lawn, he continued to have difficulty going off script Thursday when he tried to insert a jab at former President Donald Trump into his Fourth of July remarks.
Outside the friendly confines of the White House, the popular sentiment among liberal megadonors remains that Biden should drop out of the race.
Heiress and top Democratic donor Abigail Disney has announced she will halt donations to Biden and the entire party until the ailing president resigns.
The granddaughter of Roy Disney, co-founder of the Walt Disney Corporation, has often made noise for her liberal politics despite her wealth, believed to be around $120 million.
“I intend to stop making contributions to the party unless Biden is replaced at the top of the ticket. This is realism, not disrespect. Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are too high,” she said in a statement.
The announcement by Disney, 64, comes just a day after Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings became one of the first liberal megadonors to turn off the spigot until the president steps aside.
“If Biden does not withdraw, the Democrats will lose. I am absolutely sure of that. The consequences of defeat will be truly dire,” she continued.
Disney believes the “excellent” Vice President Kamala Harris is more than capable of leading the ticket.
A group of wealthy donors is also secretly plotting to start Next Generation PAC, a $50 million to $100 million effort to support a Democratic candidate not named Joe Biden, according to New York Times.
Heiress and major Democratic donor Abigail Disney has announced she will halt donations to Biden and the entire party until the ailing president resigns.
Disney believes ‘excellent’ Vice President Kamala Harris is more than capable of leading the ticket
Next Generation PAC, founded by cryptocurrency billionaire Mike Novogratz, will hold onto its money until Biden steps down and hand it over to his replacement on the ticket. If he doesn’t drop out of the race, they will focus on Democrats on the lower ticket, but not Biden.
While the committee has not filed its candidacy with the FEC, the Biden campaign has reportedly heard about it and has tried to convince its supporters to stop doing so.
This comes after early Democratic elects came forward to urge Biden to step back, just weeks before their party’s convention in Chicago.
Angry over White House messaging since Biden stumbled in his debate with Donald Trump in Atlanta, the president reassured governors in a private meeting about his health and political viability, even telling them about a recent checkup that found him in good health.
This came shortly after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged direct questions during a contentious news conference about whether Biden had been tested since Thursday’s debate.