WH Cleans Up Transcript After Biden Gaffe Involving Irish Rugby Team and a British Military Unit
The White House has stepped in to clean up a mix-up President Joe Biden made when speaking about a famous victory by Ireland’s rugby team. During a trip to Ireland, Biden spoke about a tie with a shamrock on it that was…
The White House has stepped in to clean up a mix-up President Joe Biden made when speaking about a famous victory by Ireland’s rugby team.
During a trip to Ireland, Biden spoke about a tie with a shamrock on it that was given to him by a rugby player.
“This was given to me by one of these guys right here. He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black and Tans,” the president said.
He added, “But it was when you — or it’s Solider Field. Wasn’t it, the game?… Chicago. And after it was all over, he gave my brother — allegedly for me, but if it wasn’t, I still took it. I still got the tie. I wear it with great pride.”
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Conservative commentator Darren Grimes pointed out the issue in Biden’s comment as he wrote in a tweet, “In yet another incoherent babble at an Irish pub Joe Biden speaks of his delight at Ireland beating the ‘hell out of the Black and Tans’. He meant the All Blacks of New Zealand.”
“The Black and Tans were a British unit during the 1919-21 Irish independence war. Utter embarrassment,” he added.
The Guardian noted, “Ireland’s rugby team won a famous victory against the All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2016.”