Another day, another gaffe in the world of President Joe Biden.
The leader of the free world once again sparked social media attention with his remarks Friday. But it wasn’t his oratory skills that set off the commentary, it was his apparent robotic reading from a teleprompter that included stage directions which he read out loud.
Acting on the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court last month, the president moved to issue an executive order Friday aimed at providing some protections for women seeking abortions. He delivered his remarks on the signing of the order with Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra flanking him on either side.
The two appeared to keep a straight face as Biden read full speed ahead, unaware that he included stage directions out loud.
Joe Biden accidentally reads the part on the teleprompter that says “repeat the line” when they wanted him to say the line again lmfao pic.twitter.com/pS3GdXPe5N
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 8, 2022
“It is noteworthy that the percentage of women who registered to vote and cast a ballot is consistently higher than the percentage of the men who do so,” he read, adding “End of quote.”
Without much pause, he went on to read the next direction, “Repeat the line,” which he did before continuing to read the speech, unaware that anything was amiss. Some listeners suggested the president had said, “let me repeat the line,” but the moment was still cringey.
The WH changes transcript to make you not believe your own ears. pic.twitter.com/wPdecBQ3XY
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 8, 2022
The mockery was palpable on Twitter where journalists, lawmakers and even billionaire Elon Musk reacted.
“Whoever controls the teleprompter is the real President!,” the Tesla CEO tweeted, in a reference to the “Anchorman.”
Whoever controls the teleprompter is the real President! pic.twitter.com/1rcqmwLe9S
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2022
“Please run for re-election,” Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. tweeted.
Others also made references to the “Anchorman” movie and Will Ferrell’s character, Ron Burgundy.
The man is literally Ron Burgundy. https://t.co/fRo80c5Qbe
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) July 8, 2022
White House staff rn. pic.twitter.com/ICsXBSkYQQ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 8, 2022
Oscar award for those two next to him pulling a heroic effort not to burst in laughter 👏🏆
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) July 8, 2022
How is he in office? I would say it’s funny but I also feel like the guy is just confused and it’s kind of sad 😬
— Mr J ⚡️🦇🧜♂️🏹 (@BornKillerCroc) July 8, 2022
Biden’s speech writers right now: pic.twitter.com/BcDRxOSEXs
— elCubano_🇨🇺 (@_elCubano_) July 8, 2022
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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