President Joe Biden’s National Action Network speech on Monday fell flat on many notes, drawing mockery for his failure to remember who we was singing “Happy Birthday” to, criticizing police that are attacked by criminals, and rambling about “deer wearing Kevlar vests” and “F-15s” attacking Americans.
The most viral blunder of the speech came when Biden abruptly began singing “Happy Birthday” to Andrea Waters King, only to blank on her name and slur “Happy Birthday Dear Valley…”
Joe Biden just sang Happy Birthday to MLK III's wife and straight up forgot her name lmfao😂 pic.twitter.com/W2shdTROVl
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 16, 2023
Biden also suffered technical difficulties during the speech, fumbling with his microphone while stuttering, “Is this on? Hello, hello, hello? Hello? No, ho, okay.”
BIDEN: "Is this on? Hello, hello, hello? Hello? No, ho. Okay." pic.twitter.com/jxVHyYtM6p
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 16, 2023
During the anti-Second Amendment rant portion of his remarks, Biden expressed his desire to “ban the number of bullets that can go in a magazine,” explaining “there’s no, no need for any of that.”
Joe Biden wants to "ban the number of bullets that can go in a magazine" 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Upt3TCmxpA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 16, 2023
The 80-year-old then invoked some of his favorite nonsensical tropes, such as “deer wearing “Kevlar vests” and government “F-15” fighter planes attacking “right-wing” Americans in large-scale domestic warfare.
Biden: "There is no social redeeming value [to assault weapons]… I love my right-wing friends talking about how the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots. If you want to take on the federal government, you need some f-15s. You don't need an AR-15." pic.twitter.com/b52CW3byiq
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 16, 2023
The president also launched an attack on police forces throughout America, suggesting they should never “shoot for, with deadly force” when dealing with violent criminals.
“We have to retrain cops as to, why should you always shoot for, with deadly force?” Biden said. “The fact is if you need to use your weapon, you don’t have to do that.”
Biden: "We have to retrain cops. Why should you always shoot with deadly force? The fact is if you need to use your weapon, you don't have to do that." pic.twitter.com/S5WaUHYhff
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 16, 2023
The speech followed Biden’s sermon on Sunday where he failed to pronounce the name of his own Supreme Court appointee correctly, leading a woman in the audience to shake her head in disappointment after he called Ketanji Brown Jackson “Kejan-Kejan-Ketanji Drown Jackson.”
