During a Black History Month event held at the White House on Monday, President Joe Biden made a perplexing statement, claiming that despite being a “white boy,” he was not “dumb.”
“We hosted a screening because it’s important to say from the White House, for the entire country to hear, history matters. History matters, and black history matters,” Biden said as he reflected on his screening of the film “Till” earlier this month. “We can’t just choose to learn what we want to know. We learn what we should know, to learn everything, the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation. That’s what great nations do, and we are a great nation.”
Biden then made a reference to a group of black sororities called the “Divine Nine,” saying, “I may be a white boy, but I’m not stupid.”
“I know where the power is … you think I’m joking,” Biden continued. “I learned a long time ago about the Divine Nine.”
WATCH:
Do this math:
Biden in 2019: “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Biden today: “I may be a white boy, but I'm not stupid.”
What is he trying to say? pic.twitter.com/mtIOHzps21
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 27, 2023
Senior digital strategist Greg Price also called Biden out over other remarks, like claiming he was heavily involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Biden once again claims that he was “involved in the civil rights movement” and that he’d “go down to the black church and plan what we’re gonna do in terms of desegregation.”
Literally none of that is true. All complete debunked lies.
pic.twitter.com/nVQfMhkRoI— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 28, 2023
He added there is a dearth of evidence supporting Biden’s claims.
There is no evidence Biden was involved in the civil rights movement. He himself once admitted he never was: https://t.co/yAI5u5EpDI
The people who went to the black church he claims to have attended say they never saw him there: https://t.co/TGYVMGrm9t
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 28, 2023
Biden has made similarly wincing comments about race in the past. In August 2019, Biden said, “poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids” while discussing education.
“We should challenge these students, we should challenge students in these schools and have advance placement programs in these schools,” Biden said. “We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Yet another entry added to the long list of Joe Biden’s career of gaffes.
Today in Iowa, Joe Biden said, “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”pic.twitter.com/3uUvSK3Xwv
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 9, 2019
Biden also said during an interview amid the 2020 presidential race that “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
