[EUTimes] Incumbent US president was previously the one who said during the August 2019 town hall meeting in Iowa that "poor kids" were just as intelligent as "white kids" — the phrase that has sparked a lot of questions among observers.
It was probably just a gaffe when Joe Biden used a slur during his video appearance at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. But many who analysed his speech were left uncomfortable after hearing a problematic N-word from the Democrat president.
Toward the end of Biden’s 18-minute speech viewers heard:
"Look, the range of challenges Europe and the United States must take on together is broad and complex. I am eager to hear, nig*er here next from my good friends and outstanding leaders such as [the German Chancellor Angela] Merkel about her thoughts and the way forward."
As the moment was pointed out by journalists, a lot of media users felt awkward. Some suggested that the gaffe was a result of Biden’s unfortunate attempt to repeat "eager to hear" one more time or simply a "mental typo" of which he has had many in the past.
But others were pretty confident that the lapse was unpardonable: after all, what would happen if it had been ex-Republican president Donald Trump who made the mistake?
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