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Latest Biden blunder: ‘Poor kids' are just as bright as ‘white kids'

Lulz. Gaffe Machine is self-unaware
[NY Post] Gaffe-prone presidential hopeful Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth during an Iowa campaign stop on Thursday when he told a group of predominately Asian and Hispanic voters that "poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids."

Biden committed the stunning blunder while speaking about education at a town hall with the Asian and Latino Coalition in Des Moines, where he's campaigning and fundraising for the 2020 Democratic primary.

"We should challenge students in these schools and have advanced placement programs in these schools. We have this notion that somehow if you're poor, you cannot do it," Biden said at the event, according to video of his remarks.

"Poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids," he added.

Biden almost immediately went into damage control mode, quickly adding: "wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids, no I really mean it, but think how we think about it."

But President Trump's campaign quickly seized on the tongue slip, with his "rapid response director" Andrew Clark tweeting out a video clip of the remark.

"Yikes…have fun mitigating that one," he tweeted.

Posted by Frank G 2019-08-09 09:03|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Damn white kids and their mental brilliance!

Posted by DarthVader 2019-08-09 09:56|| 2019-08-09 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 He also said this..

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-09 10:39|| 2019-08-09 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey Joe, you know that there are more poor white kids than any other brand out there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-08-09 11:07|| 2019-08-09 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 And poor why? Needs to be discussed also. Washington has subsidized black poverty since the 1960s

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-09 11:28|| 2019-08-09 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 He forgot the poor wealthy black kids. They can be talented alright, and then some.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-09 11:31|| 2019-08-09 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 So Biden assumes just black kids can be poor? Joe has some issues that will haunt him if he runs for POTUS. Family corruption for one thing.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-08-09 11:54|| 2019-08-09 11:54|| Front Page Top

#7 By definition, the parents of dumb white kids are too stupid to recognize the slur. Plenty of union goons lining up to vote for lunch box joe.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-09 12:09|| 2019-08-09 12:09|| Front Page Top

#8 In the current climate, he's kind of endearing. Politically incorrect, harmless. Not threatening to doxx anyone or telling people to "get in their faces," "bring a gun to a knife fight" etc.

You get the sense that he means no harm, bears no malice. No wonder African-Americans overwhelmingly support him instead of the Dem haters: unlike white overeducated liberals, A-A's tend not to have stupid illusions about life and other humans.

In any event, better a goofy pol than a violence-inciting one.

Posted by Lex 2019-08-09 14:36|| 2019-08-09 14:36|| Front Page Top

#9 He appears to be goodhearted, bumbling Uncle Joe, but between his hands-on policy and a couple of nasty political things reported about him over the years, one senses a willingness to play hardball in smoky back rooms.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-08-09 15:16|| 2019-08-09 15:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Bet he wishes he'd run against Hillary in the 2016 primaries. But then there's the chance he'd have met with an 'unfortunate accident' on the campaign trail.

Posted by jpal 2019-08-09 16:07|| 2019-08-09 16:07|| Front Page Top

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