Come on, man!
Joe Biden raised his eyebrows on Tuesday when he accidentally referred to Kamala Harris as “president-elect”.
The actual president-elect was commenting on the COVID-19 crisis in Wilmington, Del., When he gave his new vice president a massive promotion.
“I hope the president clearly and unequivocally demands all Americans to get the vaccine as soon as it becomes available,” said Biden.
“I used it to inspire public confidence in the vaccine. President-elect Harris took hers today for the same reason, ”he continued after Harris received the injection on Tuesday.
Biden, 78, has been chased by suggestions that he is experiencing cognitive decline after a run to the White House spotted by repeated gaffes and other cases in which Biden was confused or stuck out.
But Tuesday’s press conference, in which he accidentally referred to Harris as the true commander-in-chief, will certainly move Biden’s critics, who say the 56-year-old California senator will be responsible.
During the campaign, Biden insisted that Harris would be ready to lead “from day one,” seeming to respond to concerns about his advanced age and suggesting that he would be president for a single term.
It became a strange joke with the pair repeatedly committing the Freudian slip.
During a virtual roundtable in September, Harris, then a candidate for vice president, referred to the “Harris government” when discussing economic plans.
“A Harris administration, along with Joe Biden as president of the United States,” she said before correcting her slip.
Several days later, Biden also accidentally referred to his presidential ticket as the “Harris-Biden” campaign.
Conservatives call Harris a “socialist Trojan horse”, claiming that she will promote an ultra-progressive agenda and make Biden her puppet.
This is a characterization that Biden vehemently rejected, declaring: “I am the Democratic Party now” during his first presidential debate with President Trump.