Lame duck Mayor Adrian Fenty had a bit of a Freudian slip Wednesday morning when introducing Mayor-elect Vince Gray at the groundbreaking for the hotel counterpart to the District’s convention center.
When introducing Gray to the crowd of several hundred, Fenty said, “I couldn’t be happier to turn the government over to…,” then he cut himself short. The crowd laughed and he started over. “I couldn’t be happier to turn the podium over to Mayor-elect Vince Gray.”
The slip was one of several lighter moments for Fenty, who was better known for being stiff at public appearances. Since losing the Democratic Primary in September, however, the outgoing mayor has been more relaxed in his public appearances. Almost as if he “couldn’t be happier to turn the government over.”
