President Joe Biden has long been known for making bizarre and offensive comments, a trait that was on display again last week.
According to the website Jolt Florida, Biden played up negative stereotypes about Irish Americans during town hall event in Delaware on Friday.
A video clip tweeted out by the Washington Free Beacon showed the president walking across a room and saying, "I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid. I married Dominic Giacoppa's daughter so, you know, I got a little Italian in me now, you know."
Biden: "I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid!" pic.twitter.com/IInpy0cY83
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) December 16, 2022
Biden's words were met by derision from critics on social media, with Washington Examiner contributor Jerry Dunleavy pointing out that the president has a history of "casual old school anti-Irish stereotyping" despite his Irish ancestry being quite distant.
Biden loves this Bidenism (he’s said it in the past before) — just casual old school anti-Irish stereotyping, but he thinks it’s a fun part of his gift of the gab because he considers himself Irish (his great-great-great grandfather moved to America from Ireland in the 1800s.) https://t.co/VJrcjdYzax
— Jerry Christmas 🎅🏼🎄 (@JerryDunleavy) December 16, 2022
Steve Guest serves as a communications advisor to Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, and he reacted to the clip as well, pointing out that Biden had confused his wife's grandfather with her father.
Joe Biden: "I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid! I married Dominic Giacoppa's daughter."
FACT CHECK: Giacoppa was actually Jill Biden's grandfather, not her father. pic.twitter.com/ZBNNRrsEcU
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 16, 2022
Meanwhile, one conservative Twitter user joked that "Irish usually aren't stupid, but zombies are" while noting that "Biden" is an English name.
1. You're less Irish than I am.
2. Irish usually aren't stupid, but zombies are.
3. Biden is an English surname. https://t.co/4Vc37ZiC7c— Dan Wholihan (@DWholihan) December 17, 2022
Friday's incident was far from being the first time that the president has publicly promoted offensive ethnic stereotypes.
At one point during the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden said in an interview that African Americans voters "ain't black" if they chose not to support him.
Unacceptable. The Democrats and the news media continue to give Biden a free pass for this type of racist comment. pic.twitter.com/4m06mSNVbl
— RJR Martinez (@RJMartinezOyola) August 2, 2022
"I tell you if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black," then-candidate Biden told radio host Charlamagne tha God.
