Giving a bizarre, rambling, and unexpectedly entertaining speech on Friday, December 5, at the International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., former President Joe Biden emerged from his post-presidency, quiet retirement to let loose with a wild gaffe and declare “we’re the United States of Amerigotit”.
As a reminder, former President Joe Biden was known throughout his presidency for his continual and absurd gaffes, the combined weight of which cemented him in the minds of many, or perhaps even most, Americans as utterly senile and unable to function, much less properly serve as the President of the United States.
With his retirement following the loss of his vice president, Kamala Harris, to President Donald Trump in November of 2024, Biden has largely fallen off the radar, other than an announcement that he had cancer that was being treated. So, the DC “International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference” was one of his first times back in the public eye in almost a year.
In any case, letting loose with the ridiculous gaffe during his speech, the very elderly former president declared that it elected officials, leaders and advocates need to “continue the fight” for equality, though he didn’t really elaborate in what ways “equality” doesn’t already exist, when he got to the slurred words gaffe.
That ridiculous gaffe came as he mumbled and stumbled his way through trying to remind those listening what America is all about, slurring his words and saying, “We just have to get up. As long as we keep the faith … and remember who the hell we are. We’re the United States of Amerigotit, that’s who we are! We’re the U.S.!”
Adding to that with a demand that the various bureaucrats and officials he already called on to resist “fight back” to save the Constitution from the supposed ravages of President Trump. He said, “All of us are dismayed by the present state of the union. This is no time to give up. It’s time to get up. Get up and fight back. Get up. Continue to fight.”
And then repeated himself as he tried to reference the Constitution, again stumbling through what should have been an easy part of a vapid speech, the former president said, “And what’s the fight all about? … it’s about protecting the Constitution. It’s about protecting the Constitution.”
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Still not done, the former president turned to attacking President Donald Trump for supposedly attacking “equality” in a sinister way. He said, “Donald Trump and the MAGA republicans are trying to distort and derail our fight for equality.” He added, “They’re trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister.”
He then said, again repeating himself repeatedly while trying to take a vague stand for “equality”, “But folks, it’s really not about anything that’s all that complicated. At its core, it’s about making every American given the opportunity to be treated with basic decency, dignity, and respect they all deserve. That’s what every single American deserves, every American.”
Watch Biden’s buffoonish gaffe during the speech here:
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video