Joe Biden has a new catchphrase: “I’m sorry.”
The vice president has spent much of the past few weeks apologizing for a string of gaffes, including using the term “shylocks” to describe predatory lenders, calling China “the Orient” and most recently, blaming the United Arab Emirates and Turkey for the rise of the Islamic State.
Yet, the White House on Monday tried to downplay the chronic controversies.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Biden was “somebody who has enough character to admit when he’s made a mistake” and “somebody who continues to be a core member of the president’s national security team.”
Biden apologized in separate phone calls to Turkish and UAE leaders over the weekend.
The free-speaking Biden, in the same speech at Harvard University, joked that being vice president is a “bi—.” However, he walked back those remarks before being forced to issue yet another formal apology.
