President Joe Biden called Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, whom he had on a list of potential running mates ahead of the 2020 presidential election, “Jennifer,” marking his latest slip.
“Thank you, Jennifer, for what you’ve done,” Biden told Whitmer after she thanked the president for aiding in the Senate passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Biden, whose comments occurred during a virtual event hosted by the White House, may have been referencing Jennifer Granholm, Michigan’s first female governor who now serves as his energy secretary.
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The name swap marks at least the second time Whitmer was called the name by a political figure. In 2018, Whitmer chided former state Attorney General Bill Schuette for calling her “Jennifer” while running against her on the campaign trail.
“Learn my name,” she said at the time.
Biden, 78, mistakenly called Vice President Kamala Harris “president” in March during a speech regarding vaccinations.
“This is really important,” he said at the time. “Because we believe in speed and efficiency must be matched with fairness and equity. Now, when President Harris took a virtual tour of a vaccination center in Arizona not long ago, one of the nurses on that tour — injecting people, giving vaccinations, said that each shot was like administering a dose of hope.”
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More recently, Biden mistakenly said that “COVID deaths are up” in June, despite the United States experiencing a 20% dip in cases and a 14% drop in COVID-19 deaths over the two-week period preceding his remarks.
Neither the White House nor Whitmer’s office immediately responded to requests for comment from the Washington Examiner.
