Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared to confuse President Trump with former President George W. Bush.
“Not because I’m running but because who I’m running against, this is the most consequential election in a long, long, long time,” Biden said to comedian George Lopez and CNN’s Ana Navarro on Sunday during an “I Will Vote Concert” virtual campaign event. “And the character of the country in my view is literally on the ballot. What kind of country are we going to be? Four more years of George, George, [we’re] gonna find ourselves in a position where if Trump gets elected, we’re going to be in a different world.”
Trump also noted the stumble, saying the media will “cover it up.”
“Joe Biden called me George yesterday. Couldn’t remember my name. Got some help from the anchor to get him through the interview. The Fake News Cartel is working overtime to cover it up!” he tweeted Monday.
Joe Biden called me George yesterday. Couldn’t remember my name. Got some help from the anchor to get him through the interview. The Fake News Cartel is working overtime to cover it up!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2020
Biden has landed in hot water before when making off-the-cuff comments or slip-ups, most notably earlier this year when he joined the radio show The Breakfast Club.
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black,” Biden said in May of black voters.
The former vice president apologized for the comment after the interview, saying he wasn’t taking black voters for granted.
Another video of Biden resurfaced this year in which he jokingly called U.S. troops “stupid bastards.“
“I have incredibly good judgment,” Biden said in the video. “One, I married Jill, and two, I appointed Johnson to the academy. I just want you to know that. Clap for that, you stupid bastards.”
Another video also surfaced of Biden on the campaign trail attributing people’s ability to stay home during the pandemic to “some black woman” stocking grocery store shelves.
“The American public, the blinders have been taken off. They’ve all of a sudden seen a hell of a lot clearer,” Biden said at a campaign event with veterans on Sept. 15 in Tampa, Florida. “They’ve seen, ‘Geez, the reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home is because some black woman was able to stock the grocery shelf.’”
“Or ‘A young Hispanic is out there, these DREAMers are out there, 60,000 of them, acting as first responders and nurses and docs,'” he said. “Or, all of a sudden, people are realizing, ‘My Lord, these people have done so much, not just black, white, across the board, have done so much for me. We can do this. We can get things done.’”
