While speaking to U.S. military veterans and caregivers at Veterans Affairs facilities in Texas on Tuesday, President Joe Biden made a perplexing comment in reference to representatives joining him at the event.
Joe Biden: “The three congressman you have here, two of them look like they really could and did play ball and the other one looks like he can bomb you.” pic.twitter.com/UtQXRng6wx
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 8, 2022
The president was joined by Texas Reps. Marc Veasey, Jake Ellzey, and Colin Allred to discuss environmental exposures that military servicemen and women experience.
“The three congressmen you have here, two of them look like they really could and did play ball and the other one looks like he can bomb you,” Biden said.
Prior to saying this, Biden spoke directly to Ellzey, who was sitting in the crowd.
“Jake, you’re a fighter pilot. You get this stuff. I mean, you know what I mean. You can smile, Jake. It’s OK. It’s OK,” Biden said as the crowd laughed. “Jake’s a Republican, but I like the hell out of him. He’s got — no, I’m serious. This guy’s the real deal.”
Biden finished by adding that the three congressmen are “a tough group but a good group.”
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The video of his comment has been shared widely across social media, with many calling it racist
“The context does not change the idiocy of Biden’s comment,” one Twitter user wrote. “Black guys make good ball players in Joe’s racist view.”
The context does not change the idiocy of Biden’s comment. Black guys make good ball players in Joe’s racist view. https://t.co/W1Kc2T40QB
— KWCC (@KW7of8CC) March 9, 2022
Comedian Tim Young called the president “a racist piece of s***.”
Fellow comedians, the “Hodgetwins,” also questioned to what standard the Left would hold the comment.
Is the left going to condemn Biden for this racist comment?? Prob not. pic.twitter.com/qAUPqYAXei
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) March 8, 2022
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The representatives have not commented. Prior to the event, Ellzey said he looked forward to it as an opportunity to discuss differences of opinion regarding American policy with the president.
Today, I have the opportunity to join @POTUS and @SecVetAffairs on Air Force One with my colleagues @RepVeasey and @RepColinAllred to travel back to the district to visit VA facilities in Fort Worth. During times like these, it is imperative that we support our veterans. pic.twitter.com/59cXgjGrRS
— Rep. Jake Ellzey (@RepEllzey) March 8, 2022
“This will give me an opportunity to sit face to face with the president and say how we should open up our economy, how we should open up our energy resources and close down our border and stay away from any negotiations with Russia and Iran on a new Iran deal,” Ellzey said in a video prior to the event. “I can either do that on Twitter or Facebook in an angry way or I can sit face-to-face with the leader of the free world and talk about those things as quiet professionals, and that is what I aim to do.”
You can watch the full event here:
