‘He Never Reads the Room’: Biden Opens Remarks on Hurricane Idalia With a Joke From His Mother

President 👤Joe Biden is yet again responding to a natural disaster with misplaced jokes.

This time, the natural disaster in question is Hurricane Idalia, which just battered 🌴Florida and is continuing into Georgia and the Carolinas, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

On Thursday, Biden showed up at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C., to discuss the response to the hurricane.

He opened his remarks with a joke.

Referring to the fact that he had his back to the audience as he addressed the media, Biden said, “My mother would say, ‘I apologize for my back.'”

The attempt at levity received very little laughter.

Naturally, Biden received criticism for the rather tone-deaf opening to his comments on a very serious situation. One social media user remarked, “He never reads the room.”

This is not an isolated incident. Biden seems to have a habit of making jokes at inappropriate times.