White House Insists Biden Meant ‘Recession’ When He Said ‘Pandemic’
This story has been updated to include an amended transcript from the White House.
President Joe Biden bizarrely claimed on Sunday that he was still serving as vice president during “the pandemic”—though an amended transcript of his remarks distributed by the White House indicated it may have been a simple slip of the tongue, and the president had meant to reference the Great Recession.
Speaking at a dinner for the NAACP in Detroit, Michigan, Biden went on a tangent proclaiming he was on the ground in the state to help out, at the request of former President Barack Obama.