President Joe Biden repeatedly mixed up the name of a Democratic lawmaker while searching for him among the attendees of an event.
While speaking about the economy on Thursday, Biden recalled a moment during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary when he told attendees of an event to take a seat, but “there wasn’t a single chair in the place.”
“They said, ‘That Biden really is stupid,'” he added.
The president then sought out a congressman but repeatedly called him by the wrong first name.
The New York Post reports he was looking for Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.)
“Where’s Doug?” Biden asked. “Congressman… he’s around here somewhere.”
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Joe Biden makes a joke about people thinking he's stupid right before looking for Congressman "Doug" (Rep. Don Beyer). pic.twitter.com/T6Uw18J73S
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The president later went to call Beyer by the wrong name a few more times.
“Not a joke, and one more, I’ve been saying this during the last campaign… Doug knows this… Don… look, here’s the deal,” Biden said.
He later said, “Doug, I think you might have been with me when I invited the chairman of the board of three major automobile companies in America.”
Third time's the charm? pic.twitter.com/6BUntOvnpU
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He also suffered a slip-up while talking about the amount added to the national debt during former President Donald Trump’s time in office.
“The deficit went up four years in a row, accounting for 40% of the entire 200 years of debt. You hear me?” Biden said.
He added, “No president added more to the debt in four years than my president.”
BIDEN: "No president added more to the debt in four years than my president." pic.twitter.com/lcDNpUGDOg
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He appeared to mean predecessor.
Biden also clarified the increase in the deficit accounted for 25% of the debt.
