Biden Struggles to Pronounce Name of History-Making Supreme Court Justice
President Joe Biden tripped over the name of the first Black woman confirmed to be a Supreme Court justice. On Sunday, he visited the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he delivered a sermon. The event…
President Joe Biden tripped over the name of the first Black woman confirmed to be a Supreme Court justice.
On Sunday, he visited the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he delivered a sermon.
The event marked the first time a sitting president delivered a sermon at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor until his assassination in 1968.
“Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a nonviolent warrior for justice, who followed the word, and the way, of his lord and his savior,” Biden said, adding, “On this day of remembrance, we gather at Dr. King’s cherished Ebenezer.”
NPR noted the sermon “quickly turned political as Biden discussed economic issues and voting rights.”
At one point in the sermon, he quoted Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — but struggled to pronounce her name.
“Those are the words of Kejan— Kejan— Ketanji Drown Jackson, our Supreme Court