Joe Biden made racial stereotypes during a speech today, declaring that two black Members of Congress look like they can “play ball” and a third, who is of middle eastern descent, looks like he can “bomb you.”
Biden made the remarks earlier this afternoon while speaking about veterans health care.
“The three Congressmen you have here, two of them look like they could, they really could and did play ball,” said Biden. “And the other one looks like he could bomb you.”
President Biden in Fort Worth, Texas:
"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 ya."
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 9, 2022
Biden was referring to Democrat Reps. Colin Allred and Marc Veasey, who are black, and Republican Rep. Jake Ellzey, a “native Texan” who Biden apparently mistook for Middle Eastern because of his sun tan.
This is only the latest in a long series of gaffes from Biden that conservatives consider racist.
In 2021, Biden suggested that Latinos living America, whether having established residence illegally or illegally, are afraid of getting vaccinated because “they’re worried that they’ll be vaccinated deported.”
The previous year, on the campaign trail, he infamously told black Americans “you ain’t black” if they vote for President Donald Trump.
In 2010, the then-vice president gave a eulogy for Robert Byrd, “a former Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan,” and claimed Byrd as “one of my mentors” who will leave the U.S. Senate “a lesser place” without him.
Conservatives on social media immediately seized on the 46th president for what many perceived as remarks that were both racist and xenophobic, two words often levied against Republicans.
Our acting president is afflicted with a bad case of open mouth insert foot syndrome. https://t.co/qDiztS9kIj
— Conspiracy Mill (@conspiracymill) March 9, 2022
He’s playing the race card. Typical jackass democrat. https://t.co/g6Kr3GGSOp
— sabo. (@Springer198) March 9, 2022
Biden has faced historically low approval ratings since entering office, with his latest numbers often being lower than those of President Trump at the same point in his administration.
